swollen

Example Sentences

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Most of the crew were seriously ill or injured: swollen legs, missing digits, labored breathing, feverish.

From Literature

Although my eyes were swollen nearly shut, I could see enough to know that Frederick and Bruno were standing over me.

From Literature

On Tuesday, she and two Ph.D. students took water samples on a placid bend of the river near a creek that had been swollen with sewage.

From The Wall Street Journal

It grew swollen and puffy and she punched it hard in the middle, oofing the air out of the puffiness and the knot out of herself.

From Literature

The 34-year-old all-rounder posted a picture on Instagram last week showing his eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nose.

From Barron's