gain weight
Example Sentences
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When people gain weight during life can play a major role in their health decades later.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2026
And without careful tracking, people can gain weight, which increases “bad” cholesterol and eventually puts them at risk for heart attacks and strokes.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
“No, I can’t gain weight for that. No, I don’t want to look like that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Doctors initially suspected Dolcie-Mae Edwards-Raymond, from Newport, had a viral infection when she fell ill and failed to gain weight.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2025
I was so thin and miserable I thought I could gain weight just from the smell alone.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
