swell up
Example Sentences
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Looking through history, Subramanian found that when leverage increases, earnings volatility and the risk of corporate profits disappointing also swell up.
From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025
These microparticles are placed in a precursor solution, where they absorb elastomer compounds and swell up.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024
Relative sea levels along the U.S. coast have already climbed about a foot and could swell up to six more by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and methane are not significantly curbed.
From National Geographic • Feb. 9, 2024
"I said I had concerns with this 'concrete cancer' and if a roof leaks, the water will get into the aerated concrete and it will freeze, swell up and blow," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023
I could see the personal victory swell up in her whenever she had her sister’s great-grandson under her roof, at her table, or in front of her television.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
