Thesaurus / distended
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In two or three seconds she had become suggestive of an animal, her nostrils distended, the upper lip drawn back from her teeth.
THE WINNING CLUEJAMES HAY, JR.The Countess Lavinia slowly turned her head and fixed her distended eyes on the speaker.
THE RAKE'S PROGRESSMARJORIE BOWENHe thought her speech outrageous; his nostrils distended a little and his eyes darkened.
THE RAKE'S PROGRESSMARJORIE BOWENThe stomach was much distended, and when I state this fact I am sure it will excite much curiosity as to the reason why.
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONTBy way of doing so, he set up a stout fence-rail between his landlord's distended jaws, and went away.
THE FIEND'S DELIGHTDOD GRILEIt must therefore have been spoken either before the minister distended his cheeks, or after he had exhausted them.
THE FIEND'S DELIGHTDOD GRILEIts neck is ample and bloated, and when distended in excitement reminds one of a pouter-pigeon.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONOnce more Guapo's cheeks were distended—once more came the strong, quick puff—and away went the arrow.
POPULAR ADVENTURE TALESMAYNE REIDThe perspiration stood in beads on the man's forehead, and the veins were visibly distended.
DUFFELSEDWARD EGGLESTONIn young fowls it becomes sometimes preternaturally distended, while the bird pines for want of nourishment.
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION, VOL. 13, ISSUE 377, JUNE 27, 1829VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO DISTENDED
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- all-inclusive
- ample
- baggy
- broad
- capacious
- catholic
- commodious
- comprehensive
- deep
- dilated
- distended
- encyclopedic
- expanded
- extensive
- far-ranging
- far-reaching
- full
- general
- immense
- inclusive
- large
- large-scale
- liberal
- loose
- open
- outspread
- outstretched
- progressive
- radical
- scopic
- spacious
- splay
- squat
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- tolerant
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