- present participle of fatten.
fattening
Example Sentences
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The Victorian glasshouses nurture fattening peaches, while in the main garden beyond, a tower of water bursts up into the sky—the highest powered fountain in England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Every time the political world thinks his career has ended, he manages to rise again, rebuilding his audience and fattening his bank accounts.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
All of my friends are, like, anorexic basically, or have some form of eating disorder, so it’s hard to get people to eat fattening food with me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
For example, it banned the export of live animals from Great Britain for slaughter and fattening and changed EU laws on gene editing crops.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
“I didn’t think so, but why else were they fattening me up?”
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
