DISTEND in a Sentence

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His poppy-colored cheeks were distended with his first big bite of bread and bacon, but he managed to smile encouragingly.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISTEND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
distend
 v.  swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
Classic Sentence:
1  It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  It was Belle Watling and Scarlett had a glimpse of nostrils distended with dislike before she disappeared again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
3  Archie sat on a stool by the hearth, his back against the fireplace, his cheek distended with tobacco, whittling industriously on a bit of wood.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
4  His poppy-colored cheeks were distended with his first big bite of bread and bacon, but he managed to smile encouragingly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  The ring of onlookers distended and closed again elastically.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In GRACE
6  For a while Chichikov listened with distended eyes.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
7  It has disappeared; the open spots change place, the sombre folds advance and retreat, a sort of wind from the sepulchre pushes forward, hurls back, distends, and disperses these tragic multitudes.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES
Example Sentence:
1  I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead.
2  In the refugee centres we saw many children whose stomachs were distended because of lack of food.
3  Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is distended with carbon dioxide gas.