Definition: 1. Larger than normal, especially as a result of a disease or an injury. 2. Containing more water than normal.
Use 'swollen' in a sentence:
1. Her glands are swollen.
2. Mary looked at his poor little tired face and swollen eyes and her heart relented.
3. Its population is swollen by 360,000 refugees.
4. An army swollen with pride is bound to lose.
5. He had swallowed so much salt water that he was swollen like a balloon.
6. Uribe still can not move his swollen legs and must ride in a special trailer that can support his weight.
7. I looked at my dad, his knuckles swollen and cracked from farm work and his fingernails tipped with black crescents of motor oil.
8. One of his swollen legs had a pillow under it, and was wrapped in bandages.
9. At supper, Heidi's eyes were swollen and it was still hard for her to keep from crying.
10. The numbers of the commune were swollen by political refugees.
11. The bridge was washed away by the swollen river.
12. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
13. The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion.
14. Your ankle's swollen—I think the doctor ought to look at it.
15. My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see.
16. The sky, swollen like a black bladder, rumbled and crackled.
17. Her face is blotched and swollen.
18. According to the World Social Science Report 2010, the number of social-science students worldwide has swollen by about 11% every year since 2000.
19. He pushed her away from him and saw her swollen face and he understood what had happened.
20. Heavy rain and melting snow have swollen the river to its highest level in decades.
21. A month after being admitted to hospital, swollen, breathless, and bleeding, with his leukemia as robust as ever, he went on hospice in the hospital and died.
22. The glands in her neck were swollen, her head was throbbing and she ached all over.
23. Of course, after wearing heels for a day, any woman knows she can look forward to a night of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feet.
24. The polis straightens out crooked judgments, gentles the swollen ambitions and puts an end to acts of divisional strife.
25. Her eyes were swollen from crying.
26. Varicose veins are really just swollen veins and are caused by increased blood volume and pressure on the legs and feet.
27. She laid her hands on her swollen belly.
28. The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss.
29. Looking around the carriage, I saw quite a few people like him, including a couple of fatty children with swollen cheeks pressing against their eyes.
30. Brian's toe is still badly swollen and he cannot put on his shoe.
31. The river, brown and swollen with rain, was running fast.
32. If untreated, the gums recede, become swollen and bleed.
