Plumped

Everywhere in the 19th century students of folklore itself a newly invented word plumped up their local legends, sagas and fairy tales just as much as Jacob Grimm and Richard Wagner did in Germany. ❋ Ferdinand Mount (2011)

But roughly one-third of the fresh chicken sold in the U.S. is "plumped" with water, salt and sometimes a seaweed extract called carrageenan that helps it retain the added water. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So-called enhanced or "plumped" chicken has between 200 and 400 mgs of sodium per serving, almost as much as a serving of fast-food french fries. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On every occasion on which we were offered the alternative of detention, we invariably "plumped" for the rod, and got it over quickly, and, as we considered, creditably -- taking it smiling as long as we could. ❋ Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1902)

They went into the parlor, and Hildegarde, as she patted and "plumped" the cushions of the old lady's chair, reminded her that she had promised them some work for the morning, but had not told them what it was. ❋ Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1896)

And, did you ever settle down happily on your bed in your flannel PJs, with the pillows plumped up just right behind your head, a glass of Sangiovese in your hand, and Iron Man in the DVD player? ❋ Alison (2010)

Pressing down the contents of the full bowl with his thumb, he suddenly plumped upon the ground, the crutch beside him, the one limb under him so that he had the seeming of a legless torso. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And as for the literateurs, with those at the mountaintop (novelist Alasdair Gray or national poets Edwin Morgan and Liz Lochhead) all long-term, left-wing independence supporters, it's difficult to see too many who would dissent from that position (crime novelist Ian Rankin plumped for the Scottish Greens, but they want a free Scotland anyway, so that's hardly heterodoxy). ❋ Unknown (2011)

Now, whatever goes on behind the scenes went on and it seems that, in lieu of Mr. Miller, the production has plumped instead for Andrew Lincoln. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This time they were joined by the bank's chief economist, Spencer Dale, while Mr. Sentance plumped for a more-aggressive, half-point tightening. ❋ Alen Mattich (2011)

If you have a delicate bone structure in your face, you are never going to look like Angelina Jolie (and getting your lips plumped will not make you look more like her!). ❋ M.D. Robert Tornambe (2010)

At 41, the Strictly Come Dancing presenter still looks at least a decade younger: endless legs, plumped-up lips and a slim physique. ❋ Elizabeth Day (2010)

Emory University plumped the findings with the bold headline, "Teen brain data predicts pop song success." ❋ Eric Felten (2011)