How to Use bulk up in a Sentence

bulk up

verb
  • In the past year, Mata’afa has bulked up to 275 pounds.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 5 June 2019
  • How does a team like that bulk up into a heavyweight in the space of nine months?
    SI.com, 6 June 2019
  • Of the 12 or 13 full moons each year, only three or four of them bulk up this way.
    Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
  • The Bears want to bulk up Booker some, but his strength has surprised them.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Here are four areas to concentrate on to bulk up your cyber resilience.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • To bulk up its 12% cut in the U.S., a competitor would need to sell up.
    Carol Ryan, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2019
  • Airbnb seems to be bulking up for a fight against major online travel agents while still flying under the public radar.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2019
  • Sauté sides and add 'em to your plate, stir them into sauce, or mix chickpea pasta with with zoodles to bulk up the finished product.
    Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping, 25 Mar. 2019
  • That is why global drinks companies are bulking up the premium parts of their portfolios and why sales of cheaper liquors are suffering.
    Carol Ryan, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018
  • So far this year he’s spent $1.6 billion to bulk up his computing cluster, which trains on images fed from cameras mounted on all Tesla cars.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 31 July 2024
  • BlackRock is looking to bulk up its technology services revenue and rely more on algorithms in its investing.
    Dawn Lim, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
  • And bulking up seems like the only survival strategy for legacy media companies like CBS.
    Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019
  • In the lead-up to the Games, hospitality businesses were encouraged to bulk up their staffing for an anticipated summer rush.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 July 2024
  • But the longer that goes on, the longer those balances bulk up.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 July 2022
  • Who bulked up, who worked on their game, who is ready to make that big jump?
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • In the early 1990s, men who wanted to bulk up scored GHB in gyms.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Rocky was taken to a wildlife center to bulk up on mice and get healthy.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The dough is bulked up with almond meal and sweetened with maple syrup.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Busta is on a mission to bulk up; 50 aims to drop more body fat.
    Bonsu Thompson, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Think of insoluble fiber as the one to bulk up and get poop out.
    Casey Seidan, Ms, Rdn, Cdn, Health, 27 June 2023
  • The bears bulk up not just to survive, but to reproduce.
    Emily M. Eng, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Can bulk up and play on the defensive line or can drop weight and play linebacker.
    Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2020
  • In order to bulk up their ranks and win the war, the humans need more soldiers from the past to travel to the future and join the fight.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2021
  • The redshirt freshman took to the summer months to bulk up, adding 25 pounds to his frame via workouts.
    Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 31 July 2019
  • Birds that stay put also need to bulk up to buffer against the frigid, lean season ahead.
    Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Sometimes, the team would bulk up to appear heavier or taller.
    S. Mitra Kalita, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Olive oil: For roasting the potatoes, and bulking up the dressing.
    Joy Howard, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Ancient grain farro helps bulk up the recipe by adding protein and fiber.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2023
  • The pumpkins have bulked up to orange perfection, the pigs are ready to race and the corn has grown tall enough to lose a kid or two in.
    Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Bell bought them in 1995 to try and bulk up on affordable housing.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021

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