fattening

Example Sentences

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The Victorian glasshouses nurture fattening peaches, while in the main garden beyond, a tower of water bursts up into the sky—the highest powered fountain in England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Monday’s game offered yet another example of how the team that supposedly is ruining baseball is fattening the wallets of the league’s other 29 teams.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

That isn’t enough to sway the gladiatorial majority, which is mostly made up of men grinning at the fattening piggy bank suspended above them.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

A broad indictment of the entire fast-food industry, the best seller accused the industry of being bad for the environment, rife with labor issues, culturally flattening and culinarily fattening.

From New York Times • May 12, 2024

“Am I not?” cries Obsle, fattening out like a great hob-fish.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin