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Then he crouched before him, his face thrust close to the other, and peered into his eyes, his mouth distent with an infernal smile.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
With bills distent from ear to ear, Each clamors for the bigger share; And whilst they clamor, climb—and, lo!
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
Prone the runnels plunge, While earth, distent with moisture like a sponge, Smokes up, and leaves each plant its gem to see, Each grass-blade's glory-glitter.
From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur
"All we want now is shelter and fire, and we'll live like kings and fighting-cocks," said Macro, when he had time for anything but rabbit-flesh, and lay back comfortably distent.
From Maid of the Mist by Oxenham, John
I. Comödie.531.“Non ignoro,” says Salmasius, in his Notes to Vopiscus’ Life of Aurelian, “quid distent Atellanæ et Mimi; recentiores, tamen, confudisse videntur.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
