tumescent

Example Sentences

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Rainwater collecting barrels are often tumescent plastic affairs — and considerable eyesores.

From New York Times

A bouquet of gladioli contains “blooms the color of a nosebleed,” and the linoleum in an apartment is “the tumescent shade of a sore throat.”

From New York Times

“The very act of strutting down the jutting tumescent runway, as it penetrates a crowd of onlookers,” Stein wrote, “is itself an act of violence.”

From The New Yorker

Despite its epic ambitions and tumescent running time, ‘Endgame’ often feels shorter, looser and lighter on its feet than some of its Marvel brethren.

From Los Angeles Times

It is often there at the center of the screen, proud and tumescent.

From The New Yorker