distend

IPA: dɪstˈɛnd

Examples of "distend" in Sentences

Her nostrils distend with the memory of cherished scents.
The history of the word "distend" stretches back to the Latin verb "tendere"
It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent.
During the procedure, air is pumped into the colon to distend it and make it easier for the gastroenterologist to see.
When my moose-meat spluttered rowdily in the frying-pan, I noticed old Ebbits's nostrils twitch and distend as he caught the food-scent.
In a new study awaiting publication, Dr. Leung reports that pumping in water instead of air to distend the colon is more comfortable for patients, resulting in a success rate of 97%.
The Aspen Ideas Festival is underway at the Aspen Institute and that means the average Joe and Jane Soave Bolla can gorge on the newer new thing until their stomachs distend into the 21st Century.
In an age when the Air Force budget looks to increase only marginally, if at all, while simultaneously planning to buy several other major aircraft (new aerial tankers, new transports, new heavy bombers, and new helicopters), this plan to distend the fighter-bomber budget is a fool's errand.