Synonym: bloated, conceited, distended, egotistic, egotistical, flooding, in flood, intumescent, overflowing, puffed, puffy, self-conceited, swollen-headed, tumescent, tumid, turgid, vain. Similar words: pollen, pollen count, mary wollstonecraft, holler, roller, sullen, collect, college. Meaning: ['swəʊlən] adj. 1. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas 2. abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination) 3. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance 4. overfull with water.
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121. They have abandoned leaves to reduce loss of water by transpiration, and their stems are swollen with stored water.
122. Dark hair sprouted off the stump as if off a swollen knuckle.
123. An encrusted gash scarred his forehead, and one side of his face was swollen with dying yellow bruises.
124. The river, swollen and bloated, lay heavy on the sunken fields.
125. Gazing down, Luke thought how beautiful she was despite the tear-stains and the swollen eyelids.
126. Mr Price said her statement described Mr Robson as having a swollen hand and scratches on his face.
127. My mouth was tender and swollen where he had hit me.
128. They came with noses and lips blue and numb, and fingers stiff and swollen from the icy water.
129. The male becomes bright red under the chin while the females are more silvery in colour and swollen with eggs.
130. Her lips are so swollen she is unable to eat and can only sip drinks through a straw.
131. He sat, impassive, removing his hand from my swollen groin only to applaud at the end of the piece.
132. The face was gross and swollen, heavy jowls covered by thick black sideburns.
133. Wilson instinctively tucked her own swollen legs more securely under her gown and covered her enormous belly protectively with her arms.
134. Usually less serious, but just as annoying, are swollen ankles and leg cramps that can strike.
135. To impress and drive away lesser males, the harem bull develops a darker coat and a swollen neck.
136. You have laboured up an unending hill with heavy feet which are swollen, sore and tired.
137. It was ludicrously swollen, unnecessarily big and wholly obstructive to anything that looked like a new idea.
138. Yet still his outgoings, swollen by servicing the loans, were not covered in their entirety.
139. The floating leaves are spongy and swollen, thus making the plant buoyant.
140. They felt - tinglingly alive, soft and warm and swollen, aching for - for what?
141. For two days they battled to cross the Snake River, swollen by winter's melted snows.
142. These may include night sweats, swollen glands, weight loss or a persistent cough.
143. The soldier looked at my swollen hand and then back at my face.
144. Gallygaskins A single primrose with a distorted and swollen calyx.
145. Speedier communications and the existence of more sovereign states and international bodies have swollen diplomatic records.
146. Luke's stamp lay on her; in the swollen fullness of her lips and the unnatural brightness of her eyes.
147. The doctor noticed that the glands in my neck were swollen.
148. His face had turned a bluish-yellow and his stomach was swollen,[www.Sentencedict.com] straining against the thin linen shirt.
149. Flights in close quarters can also lead to back pain, swollen ankles, leg cramps and psychological distress.
150. Except for a lame and swollen front hoof, the bull appeared fine, if dazed by all the commotion.
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