distended

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Distended spectacle overtakes much of Aitken’s work from the last decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2016

Abdomen: Distended with wind; weak feeling in abdomen.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Distended by that empty fare he went off to the Low Countries, leaving Escovedo in Madrid to represent him, with secret instructions to advance his plans.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael

"Distended and greedy in Trevalyon's case; he has been too independent of her," he said thoughtfully; "but here is my halting place, sorry to leave you both, but only till to-night."

From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg

But say, what mean those coloured streaks in Heaven Distended, as the brow of God appeased?

From Paradise Lost by Milton, John