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How To Use swelled In A Sentence

• _Ophthalmia lymphatica_ is a kind of anasarca of the tunica adnata; in this the vessels over the sclerotica, or white part of the eye, rise considerably above the cornea, which they surround, are less red than in the ophthalmia superficialis, and appear to be swelled by an accumulation of lymph rather than of blood; it is probably owing to the temporary obstruction of a branch of the lymphatic system. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
• Moreover, its ranks have been increasingly swelled by deserters from social behaviourism - an evidently liberal position.
• Offshore, breakers swelled in the whitecaps and then crashed in the shallow water, strong enough to body surf for twenty yards.
• Under the pale blue sky the trees seemed visibly to burgeon: yesterday's bare branches swelled into bud and would be in leaf by tomorrow. LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE
• Mullins 'Planet swelled in gibbosity, bright and blue-green under the clouds. Asimov's Science Fiction
• The cheering swelled through the hall.
• When she saw that the new bride was Snow White, her evil heart swelled with passion and burst.
• From a dull murmur it swelled into a deep roar, and then sank back into a melancholy throbbing murmur once again. Times, Sunday Times
• She swelled up her head when she learned that she had won the prize.
• At the proposed arrival of the young Queen, who was well worthy of the most ardent devotion, the "leal" heart of Scotland swelled with glad anticipation. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1