swell
Example Sentences
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Still, some flooding is likely, he said, since waterways are still swollen and soils still saturated from those earlier storms.
From Los Angeles Times
After letting inventories swell at the beginning of the decade, both companies are being more disciplined with supply now, Steven Fox of Fox Advisors said.
From Barron's
Playing a jilted wife whose disdain for her husband swells as the film progresses, "Contempt" was one of Bardot's rare critically acclaimed films, with The New York Times praising it as her best acting performance.
From Barron's
In the mornings his face swells up “like a sponge leaking at the eyes.”
Outrage swelled further in July after the DoJ released a memo saying that there was no Epstein "client list" and rejecting conspiracy theories about his death in prison.
From BBC
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