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bulbous

[buhl-buhs] / ˈbʌl bəs /


ADJECTIVE
jutting
Synonyms




Example Sentences

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Early designs were so ugly—with an unflattering roof line that gave the vehicle a bulbous appearance—that some frustrated employees began calling the vehicle the “white whale.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The opossum closes its jaw, tilts its head, and considers me with its bulbous black eyes.

From Literature

She collected some of the most fascinating information on the latter by watching Flo, an older female with a bulbous nose and an amazing retinue of suitors who was bearing children well into her 40s.

From Los Angeles Times

According to company lore, Harmsworth took inspiration for the bottles' bulbous shape from the Indian clubs he used for exercise following a crippling car accident.

From BBC

Where there used to be rusting rolling stock and derelict sidings, there is now a swish shopping centre, smart restaurants and the oddly bulbous, 42-storey Belgrade Tower.

From BBC