Literary notes about Bulge (AI summary)
The word “bulge” serves as a versatile literary tool, vividly evoking images of physical protrusion and latent tension. In some contexts, it describes natural or structural shapes—a river’s swelling as it cascades over shoals [1] or the undersea rise of a bottom’s contour [2, 3]—while in others it highlights the subtle details of human appearance or attire, such as a pocket’s discreet prominence [4, 5] or the churning of muscles and eyes under duress or excitement [6, 7, 8]. At times, it even takes on metaphorical weight, suggesting economic excess or an unstoppable force building from within [9, 10]. Across these varied instances, “bulge” enriches the narrative by blending literal description with figurative nuance, deepening the reader’s sensory and emotional engagement.
- By cutting across the bottoms he could reach the next inward bulge of the river, where it tumbled over the shoals.
— from Frank of Freedom Hill by Samuel A. (Samuel Arthur) Derieux - To starboard, a prominent bulge on the sea bottom caught my attention.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - Far to the south the sun climbed steadily to meridian, but between it and the frozen Yukon intervened the bulge of the earth.
— from Burning Daylight by Jack London - Then her alert eyes took in the bulge of the right-hand pocket of his short coat.
— from The Cottage of Delight: A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben - A woman’s frock is always distinguished by a sort of rounded bulge or pocket at the nape of the neck (see Fig.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - His head went forward, his eyes seemed to bulge.
— from Clever Betsy: A Novel by Clara Louise Burnham - His eyes continued to bulge from their sockets, and he looked like a suddenly-awakened somnambulist.
— from A Chinese Command: A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas by Harry Collingwood - This utterance fairly made their eyes bulge, and they sat in stunned silence.
— from The O'Ruddy: A Romance by Stephen Crane - See the people of Vienna and Warsaw, their inside pockets are all misshapen by the bulge of the money.
— from Europe—Whither Bound?Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 by Stephen Graham - So let a man or woman but divulge They need a trifle, say, Two minas, three or four, I've purses here that bulge.
— from Lysistrata by Aristophanes
