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Example sentences from the Web for bulkingHis youthful views seem merely that, youthful, like his habit of drinking milk in hope of bulking up his slight, small frame. David's Book Club: Fellow Travelers|David Frum|July 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST The unemployed problem was bulking bigger than usual to the citizens of San Francisco. Michael, Brother of Jerry|Jack London Straight as an arrow, bulking large upon a little gray mare, he moved not the fraction of an inch with the question. Bred of the Desert|Marcus Horton Slowly, they groped to him, great shadowy forms in wool and leather, bulking over Cappen like storm-gods. The Valor of Cappen Varra|Poul William Anderson
She fell to the ground, toppling sidewise, and bulking large. The Poor Little Rich Girl|Eleanor Gates They went through great chambers, dark and silent and bulking with dusty machines. The Cosmic Computer|Henry Beam Piper
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nounthe expansion of excavated material to a volume greater than that of the excavation from which it came an increase in the volume of dry sand when its moisture content is increased Words nearby bulkingbulk carrier, bulker, bulkhead, bulkhead deck, bulkheading, bulking, bulk mail, bulk modulus, bulk up, bulky, bull Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bulkingemerge, hover, stand out, overshadow, mount, come on, portend, brew, threaten, dominate, soar, fudge, inflate, overstate, embellish, augment, loom, stick out, develop, extend |