fatten

Example Sentences

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They are sold to feedlots that fatten them up before being shipped to slaughterhouses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Wilson’s phalaropes feed and fatten up at Mono Lake before their migration to South America.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Hormones are usually used to fatten cattle in the later stages of production, a Defra spokesperson said, and therefore traces would be identifiable through checks.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

The Seahawks need to fatten up before staring down this quartet of stiff challenges: 49ers, Cowboys, 49ers, Eagles.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023

She would lengthen and fatten and turn once again into a stranger.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson