How to Use bulk up in a Sentence

bulk up

verb
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  • Can bulk up and play on the defensive line or can drop weight and play linebacker.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Once the plants bulk up, after several weeks, they are moved to four-inch or larger quart pots.
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • At the gym, the uglier parts of the gender binary are in full force: men go to bulk up, women go to get smaller.
    — Sarah Ratchford, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • One step the team made was recommending Pineiro bulk up a little over the offseason.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Regular exercise helps to bulk up our brains and improve thinking skills, studies show.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Then there’s insoluble fiber, which promotes bowel movements and can bulk up your stool, Spence says.
    — Christine Byrne, Health.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • That has employers racing to bulk up staff to keep production rolling and satisfy demand.
    — Michael Sasso, Bloomberg.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The signing of Brazilian striker Matheus Aiás will continue to bulk up the group.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • And random people on the Internet are already posting fitness videos to help fans bulk up like Qimir.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 July 2024
  • The Corps has been working on a $15 million storm protection project that would bulk up the same section of levee and shoreline damaged by Cristobal.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Anthem offered to buy Cigna in a 2015 cash-and-stock deal to bulk up and gain negotiating power to lower reimbursement rates to health-care providers.
    — Jef Feeley, Bloomberg.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • But the longer that goes on, the longer those balances bulk up.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That’s what bodybuilders do, and that’s what signals muscles to bulk up.
    — Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Next up: Would all of this chewing start to bulk up my masseter muscle?
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Some vines are thin, or late to bulk up, and might not provide much shade in early summer.
    — oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2021
  • On top of working with the Browns trainers to bulk up, a big step for Phillips was changing his diet.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The company may also want to bulk up to compete with LVMH.
    — WSJ, 2 July 2021
  • During times of growth, HR teams bulk up on recruiting personnel, and when things slow down, those same recruiters are among the first employees to get laid off.
    — Maria Aspan, Fortune, 6 June 2024

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