Jennifer Love Hewitt

Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says 'Come eat me!' I keep enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening. What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that's crazy.

American Actress

Jason Fried

Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.

American Businessman

Jennifer Lopez

I love to eat everything and you pretty much can - a little piece of something fattening is not going to kill you. It's when you eat the whole box that it's going to kill you.

American Musician

Thomas Edward Brown

It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.

British Poet

Harley Pasternak

Though typically paired with words like 'organic,' 'harvest,' or 'natural,' almost all granolas are fattening.

Canadian Author

Gene Tierney

In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.

Alexander Woollcott

Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

American Critic

John Howard

Australian Statesman

Alfred Hitchcock

English Director

Randy Wayne White

American Writer

Usually relates to preparing animals for market by feeding them well.

Animal Husbandry

Can imply a gradual process over time rather than an immediate change.

Growth Periods

Sometimes used metaphorically in literature to imply prosperity or excessive indulgence.

Literary Use

Frequently used in discussions related to finance or business performance.

Economic Context

Used to describe deliberate actions to improve financial health or gain.

Business Strategy

Extends beyond physical growth to abstract concepts like wealth or success.

Metaphorical Extension

May indicate a decline in health or fitness, often not seen positively.

Health Reference

Implies a visible change in someone's physique that others might notice.

Personal Change

Can be used for things that grow broader or expand, not only living beings.

Non-human Subjects

 doing okay on the one hand I have a husband who's annoyingly lean and incredibly handsome so I'm obviously going to need to fatten him up and like I said we have those divorced friends who may secretly or subconsciously be trying to break us up

What you don't know...

 One the one hand, I have a husband who's annoyingly lean and incredibly handsome. So I'm obviously going to need fatten him up. And like I said, we have those divorced friends who may secretly or subconsciously be trying to break us up.

 as declining sea ice means females have less time to fatten up, before entering their dens. So if this mother wants her only cub to survive, she'll need to ensure it masters the important game, of recognizing which smells to trust,

The Life of a Baby Polar...

 No, instead, you would be served probably a lot of porridge, some vegetable -- mostly cabbage -- some cheese, and maybe if you're lucky, the absolute delicacy of that time -- mmm, perfectly cooked fattened dormice.

How nationalism and...

 garbage from the caboose restaurant leftover steak bones and steaks and chickens and chicken bones they're probably been fattening on people's food and garbage for a long time before who were out fishing ran

People and Bears Live in...

 And that's just in healthcare. On much of the planet, most meat animals get antibiotics every day of their lives, not to cure illnesses, but to fatten them up and to protect them against

Maryn McKenna: What do...

 but that is barely enough to keep a chick alive for a week. Fattened up from two months fishing, the females reappear with magically accurate timing.

Emperor penguins PIPE The...

 these late season fish those are the fish that bring in the big money these fish have been around they're fattened up so it's important to land one

What a Drag PIPE National...

 for a fresh berry patch fattening up is the only thing on his mind he won't be interested in mating until early next summer

Nature's Mighty Power:...

 both know it's important to fatten up before they leave for the winter until a few years ago this was solid ice