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Sentence count:175+8Posted:2016-07-23Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: amplifybillowbroadenbulgeenlargeexpandgaingoodincreaseinflatemagnifystretchAntonym: shrinkSimilar words: as wellmay as wellas well aswelldwell onwell knownwell-knownsweepMeaning: [swel]  n. 1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea 2. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) 3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo 4. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. v. 1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity 2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger 3. expand abnormally 4. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things) 5. come up, as of a liquid 6. cause to become swollen. adj. very good. 
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61. And the human swell of anger and deep sorrow has been screened directly into our living rooms.
62. A soft November swell has set the tables rattling metallically at one another across the bar.
63. Mr Mullen's face seemed to darken and swell, and Anna retreated behind Jimmy.
64. Scientists had discovered that a sudden drop in cabin pressure had caused some types of implants to swell rapidly.
65. As a class, professional golfers are swell well-scrubbed chaps and chaplets, infinitely preferable to professional wrestlers or professional loan sharks.
66. A heavy swell came at them out of the thick darkness.
67. They accumulate abnormal amounts of sugar which causes them to swell during development.
68. Also the main passage is a minor water course, but in rain like this it tends to swell.
69. The banks, building societies and credit card companies who swell their profits.
70. A strong north-westerly wind built up a fifteen-foot swell which came rolling down on us, crests breaking.
71. When the granulomas infiltrate the root of the lungs, nearby lymph nodes swell and produce the X-ray abnormality your doctor saw.
72. It left a mark, they could see it now, gleaming on the sand as muddy swell crawled away.
73. If a blood vessel in your leg were to rupture, the leg would just swell up.
74. Frequent travel made his leg swell up, and caused him a considerable amount of discomfort.
75. Nell clutched at her chest, trying to stem the rising swell of nausea.
76. Their problem is their flower buds tend to swell in the winter and can be damaged by frost or winds.
77. As we see, the most important effect of moisture on wood is to cause it to swell.
78. Easing Golden Girl up under mainsail, Trent watched the motor yacht roll gently in the swell.
79. She was panting from the run, and every breath looked like she might swell right through the mesh.
80. She was also short of breath, and her whole face was beginning to swell.
81. One such dawn breaks at Ocean Beach and the swell is up.
82. I noticed that the plastic Seayak bobbed up, over and down rather than cutting through the swell.
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83. The tow rope sprang taut, plucking the dinghy clear as the swell broke, thundering forward on to the waiting coral.
84. If you can avoid heroin addiction and motorcycle accidents, you might have a swell time.
85. Her heart seemed to swell in her chest - she could not get her breath!
86. The boat moved forward with a jerking motion as the line to the police launch slacked and tightened in the swell.
87. I held Ellie in my peripheral vision, watching her long neck and the swell of her chest from across the room.
88. A fair swell was running, and the boat bobbed up and down like a cork on the surface.
89. The launch, however, behaved like a well-trained work-horse and merely rose and fell with the swell.
90. Salt water, beaten into a white sea foam, collides into the granite with each swell.
More similar words: as wellmay as wellas well aswelldwell onwell knownwell-knownsweepswearsweaterwelfaretowelanswer forjewelrytellsellyellcellshellbellhellospellsell outsell offyellowsellertell onsmell ofsmell outfeel like
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