distended

Example Sentences

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To actually feel intoxicated, a chimp would need to eat so much fruit that its stomach would become painfully distended.

From Science Daily

When seen on an ultrasound, the normally bullet-shaped space, defined by the strong muscular walls of the heart, appears enlarged, and the walls are thinned and distended.

From New York Times

That portrait, featuring the actress cradling her distended stomach, nude save for a giant diamond ring, was so scandalous when released that it was banned from certain stores despite being mailed with a paper covering.

From New York Times

For Woody De Othello, who lives in Oakland and makes ceramic and bronze sculptures of oversize, distended household objects — telephones, faucets, space heaters — lockdown only deepened his themes.

From New York Times

His music was both visceral and melancholy, produced with the weight and ferocity of trap but glazed over with vocal processing and distended samples.

From Los Angeles Times