engorge

Example Sentences

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As yet another atmospheric river barrels toward California, residents brace for the threat of engorged rivers and overtopped reservoirs.

From Los Angeles Times

As the diuretic treatment is repeated, patients’ fluid retention gets worse and worse until the kidneys fail and eventually even the tricuspid valve itself gets engorged with fluids.

From New York Times

Rainfall has engorged the Santa Ana River and its channels, a reminder of their destructive threat.

From Los Angeles Times

Even in the songs, phrases that can seem too perfectly crafted are now engorged with specifics that inform the actors’ delivery and thus our understanding.

From New York Times

"Video footage of birds being painfully force-fed is enough to make anyone lose their lunch," she said, describing how the livers of animals are engorged to produce the food.

From BBC