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Synonyms for swelling
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : swel-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈswɛl ɪŋ |
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Définition of swelling
Origin :- Old English swellan "grow or make bigger" (past tense sweall, past participle swollen), from Proto-Germanic *swelnanan (cf. Old Saxon swellan, Old Norse svella, Old Frisian swella, Middle Dutch swellen, Dutch zwellen, Old High German swellan, German schwellen), of unknown origin.
- noun physical growth; lump
- And he added, swelling visibly with importance: "We got to protect the city."
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Charles's house on the left; on the right the swelling forms of the Six Hills.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- The emotion of the moment was swelling over Roma like a flood.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- She helped him to keep his feet on the ground and his head from swelling.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- His limbs pained although they were swelling to enormous size.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- And up she went and down she went, shortening and lengthening, swelling and decreasing.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- She sat stunned and pale under that cruel blow to her swelling pride.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Resentment was swelling within him again, and he struggled to put it down.
- Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
- The blond well-kept man seemed to be swelling with embarrassment.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- "No, you're not," said Lydia, swelling with rage at everybody who would keep her from him.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
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