dilate
Example Sentences
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Atropine eye drops are typically used to dilate the pupil before eye exams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
As a result, blood flow to that area increases dramatically as blood vessels dilate, causing pain and swelling.
From National Geographic • Feb. 21, 2024
Longer-term use of a catheter would only be needed if doctors were unable to sufficiently dilate the urethra.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Just as the eye's pupils constrict or dilate like a camera's aperture to adjust how much light gets in, the ears too have their own way to regulate hearing.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2023
The eyes seemed to expand and dilate until they filled the whole of Matthias’s vision.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing dilate
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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Selected Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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