distended

Example Sentences

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To actually feel intoxicated, a chimp would need to eat so much fruit that its stomach would become painfully distended.

From Science Daily

And when he did return, in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on New Year’s Eve, critics’ accounts painted a grim picture, focusing mainly on the performance’s distended length.

From New York Times

It wasn’t a stripped-down arch or a distended obelisk.

From Washington Post

The boy’s stomach was distended and his skin was stretched tautly over a skeletal face.

From New York Times

Mothers sit on the floor with their babies, bellies distended and their hair discoloured - a clear sign of malnutrition among children.

From BBC