swollen

Example Sentences

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"We also want to remind people to keep away from swollen riverbanks and not to drive or walk through flood waters as you don't know what lies beneath," said Richard Preece from the organisation.

From BBC

“They’ll walk around like, ‘My legs are hurting, my back is hurting,’” she said, laughing and gesturing at her swollen belly, just several weeks before she gave birth.

From Washington Post

"Valentine's day mascara" shows a 1950s housewife with a swollen eye and missing tooth, apparently shutting a man in a freezer.

From BBC

That means itchy swollen eyes, runny noses, scratchy throats and headaches.

From Seattle Times

Did her stomach seem bigger than normal, here, as if it was swollen?

From New York Times