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Meanings of swollen in English
Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
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Usage of swollen in English
1
Two rescue workers had also drowned in swollen rivers today, he added.
2
The sea was swollen and billowy; it made the Nautilus rock violently.
3
Hundreds of bodies remain buried in mud or floating in swollen rivers.
4
Avoid crossing rivers and swollen streams where water is above your ankles.
5
The body is club-shape and moves with the swollen end in advance.
6
His knees were swollen and he simply couldn't pass the run times.
7
It came free of the swollen jamb with a brief grinding noise.
8
This causes the tissue to become swollen or inflamed, the website said.
9
My limbs felt heavy and swollen, and my energy did not return.
10
Mrs. Hughs held out her arms; the wrists were swollen and discoloured.
11
One, in particular, had an eye so swollen that it was closed.
12
Loud sounded the measured axe-strokes over the rush of the swollen river.
13
His left eve was purpled but not quite so swollen as before.
14
The nervous suggestion of form, pulsing and swollen and ready to burst.
15
Scallop shells jostle for position with swollen cherubs, no surface left unadorned.
16
The river was swollen with rains and no boats were in sight.
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United States of America
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Australia
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United Kingdom
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