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

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

Doctors believed the "treatment" would help Mariona gain weight - but that wasn't happening.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

“No, I can’t gain weight for that. No, I don’t want to look like that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 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