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
He said the nurse falsely recorded an examination of Child I by "doctors" at 15:00 and wrote that the baby "appeared mottled in colour with distended abdomen and more prominent veins".
From BBC
He said the nurse falsely recorded an examination of Child I by "doctors" at 15:00, in which she wrote Child I "appeared mottled in colour with distended abdomen and more prominent veins".
From BBC
They can also become distended by forcing too much inside at once, which describes this "adios" season.
From Salon
Xavier, the dancer who plays Tatum, had to contend with a pile of wet clay dumbbells that distended and broke as he carried them.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
