fatten

Example Sentences

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Feeders are ranchers who own feedlots where they fatten cattle and sell them to meatpackers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

He was a skinny teenager told to go to buy milkshakes to "fatten him up".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

They lauded her history, beliefs and wit, such as when she was asked about student testing during a gubernatorial debate and replied, “You don’t fatten a hog by weighing it more often.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

But like all farmers know, the best way to fatten any animal is to feed it corn and grain — simple carbohydrates.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2023

The corporation’s directors were empowered to fatten its portfolio with other promising inventions and use them the same way.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik