Sentence example with the word 'dilate'

dilate

add to, belly out, bug, descant, distend, explicate, huff, pooch, puff up, rehearse, stretch, widen

Definition v. become wider

Last update: April 23, 2017


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In hot conditions, blood vessels dilate in order that more blood heat may be lost by radiation from the skin.   [verb]

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Normally the blood vessels will dilate to allow the excess heat to be removed by blood flow.   [verb]

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His voice and hand quivered: his large nostrils dilated; his eye blazed: still I dared to speak.   [verb]

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On the wealth and vraisemblance and variety of character it were superfluous to dilate.   [verb]

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Then one might have seen his eyes dilate, his cheeks flush, his breath quicken, effects all of one bright sweeping glance at what lay before him.   [verb]

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He stood as if rooted to the ground; his eyes dilated; his flesh crept chilly, as if touched by something supernatural.   [verb]

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The veins of his forehead swelled when he was in such agitation; his nostril became dilated; his cheek and eye inflamed; and hislook that of a demoniac.   [verb]

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His eyes dilated and his mouth worked nervously as the pale lips stretched themselves across the yellow teeth.   [verb]

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