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

Typically, once calves reach six or eight months, they are weaned and sent to larger, industrial pastures to roam in vast herds, fattening on grass, though this pastoral interlude is a short one.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2024

"The movement of sheep and goats for breeding, fattening and slaughter is banned throughout Greece," the agriculture ministry said.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

Somehow, Piaget has squeezed those into the new watch’s 41.5-millimeter blue cobalt alloy case without fattening it up.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2024

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

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