gain weight
Example Sentences
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When people gain weight during life can play a major role in their health decades later.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
When you gain weight back, it tends to be more fat than muscle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
And without careful tracking, people can gain weight, which increases “bad” cholesterol and eventually puts them at risk for heart attacks and strokes.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026
"She got thinner, she lost a lot of her weight through the captivity. But in the last two months they were given a lot of food to gain weight," Ms Gilboa says.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025
I was supposed to be on this diet where you eat a lot of starches and crap, to gain weight and all, but I didn't ever do it.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
