How To Use Swollen In A Sentence

My knee has swollen up and it is a bit stiff. The Sun
Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river. Brisbane residents flee homes as floodwaters rise
However, some patients seek help late in the season, when their symptoms have progressed from a runny nose to sticky yellow mucus with red, hot itchy and swollen eyes.
They go in sheep's russet, many great men that might maintain themselves in cloth of gold, and seem to be dejected, humble by their outward carriage, when as inwardly they are swollen full of pride, arrogancy, and self-conceit. Anatomy of Melancholy
The flesh around the ankle had swollen up.

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In some cases, such as when the swollen epiglottis blocks the windpipe, a tracheostomy may be performed.
Her head is swollen and her tiny stomach distended.
January, February, and March bring a great cold, and inhumane conditions of food and weather for the girls - long marches to church in the blistering cold wind, swollen and flayed fingers and feet, and chilblains on the hands.
‘It's just a matter of hours before she gives birth,’ Dominic Moss says excitedly as he peers at the bontebok's swollen belly.
She was a Siamese, born to be sleekly elegant, and here she was, weighed down by this swollen bellyful of kittens. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
Obsessively monitoring lines and wrinkles, swollen ankles and grey hairs, they are haunted by feelings of self-hatred and inadequacy.
Side effects may include headaches, muscle pain, joint stiffness, weakness, high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), sugar in your urine (glucosuria), swollen hands and feet due to fluid retention, and redness and itching in the area you inject. Medlogs - Recent stories
On physical examination, a swollen, fluid-filled sac is noted and palpated over the olecranon.
Her eyes were red and swollen, something I hadn't noticed earlier because of the way her hair shielded her face.
His doctor noticed immediately that Tom did look ill: his skin and the whites of his eyes had a yellowish hue this is called jaundice, and he had a swollen, distended abdomen. DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK
Flights in close quarters can also lead to back pain, swollen ankles, leg cramps and psychological distress.
She had a bump rising on the back of her head, her neck was slightly bruised, and her ankle was a bit swollen, but other than that she was fine.
There is also general fatigue, nausea, and gastric weakness, swollen and dropsical abdomen, and pain and tightness under the right subcostal region right front ribs. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
There ain't no grass, said Moochie Metz, 83 years old, as Black Angus cattle foraged in short scrub less than 10 miles from the swollen river. Two Plagues Hit Louisiana
Even the more rowdy numbers managed to combine hip-thrusting, frilly-shirted swagger with no hint of tumescent, swollen subtext. Times, Sunday Times
The stupor becomes rapidly more marked, the eyes become puffy and swollen with excessive lacrimation, so that the tears run from the internal canthus of the eye over the cheeks and may blister the skin in their course. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
By then tears were already soaking into her skin and her eyes were a bit swollen.
In the West, his reserve with men had been labelled taciturnity or swollen-headeduess, which did not fit the case at all; whilst, in spite of his perfect manner towards them, his indifference to woman _en masse_ or in the individual was supreme and sincere. The Hawk of Egypt
Part of South Milford was flooded yesterday after swollen dykes overflowed into High Street, leaving the village playing field, post office and several houses under water.
SCCULENTS: Adenium is spectacular for its swollen stems, called caudex, and colourful flowers. Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News
bubonic plague, a bacterial infection marked by painful, feverish, swollen lymph nodes, called buboes. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
She removed the bandage to reveal a red swollen wound oozing pus.
At present he is thin, has severe jaundice and his body is distended as his own liver has become swollen and hard.
Most of them had to cross a creek swollen with winter rains, and deadly cold with winter ice and snow.
They noticed that the Elephant was limping, and then they saw the long blackwood splinter sticking out of his swollen foot.
Water rushed by, brown and flecked with foam, swollen by the rain. A SEASON IN HELL
Swollen with meltwater from the mountains, a stream rushed between reedy banks.
After the plastic surgery I had two black eyes and was very swollen. But I knew it would be worth it.
We checked patients with lymphadenopathy (swollen glands), big livers and palpable spleens. Dr. Elaine Schattner: The Physical Exam Provides More Than Emotional Value
Six massive shapes wrapped in cling film rise from the floor: rotund, curvaceous, one shaped like a fennel bulb with an elegant slender neck, another like a Russian doll, yet another plumped and segmented like a swollen gourd. A Potter's Monumental Inspiration
Brian's eyes were red and swollen, and his voice had a quaver.
Some of his hair was also burnt and his feet were swollen, the after effects of his barefooted trot out of the forest.
The red eyes were bright and swollen from crying, and the white skin was deathly pale from the cold.
GUPTA: Three hours. no heartbeat, no spontaneous respirations, pupils are dilated, which is an indication that the brain as swollen as well. CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2009
His neck was swollen, with no palpable subcutaneous emphysema.
Taproot A persistent primary root that grows vertically downward. Swollen taproots used for food storage are common in many biennial plants, such as carrot (Daucus carota).
It will then turn into a swollen red giant, burning to a frazzle any life left here on Earth.
On his forehead resides a swollen, bluish bruise that is most likely throbbing painfully.
Cormo's face and chest were badly swollen with a mass of beestings, and the Centaur was covered in half-dried black mud besides. Tran Siberian
His ankles and face looked puffy and swollen but there was no sign of sunburn or skin blistering. Times, Sunday Times
It's possible that many who die of aneurisms are, in reality, suffering from swollen brain, stuffed with huge numbers of encysted brain worms. Brain worms: one in five are infested
At another time, his tongue having become swollen and tumefied, it was restored to its natural size and condition by licking the railing of the tomb of this saint. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing
He says the first line of prescription drugs for hay fever are intranasal corticosteroids, which shrink swollen nasal passages. Allergy sufferers journey into the season of symptoms
The nagging pain around the swollen gum had become increasingly unpleasant, and sensitive to the slightest touch. Times, Sunday Times
In some cases, such as when the swollen epiglottis blocks the windpipe, a tracheostomy may be performed.
The flesh around his eyes was swollen now. A Plague of Angels
By then tears were already soaking into her skin and her eyes were a bit swollen.
Pick off the swollen green growths and THE burn them before they turn white, as these contain fungal spores. The Sun
Call the doctor at once if the eyelid and area around the eye is swollen, red, or tender.
They then undergo further morphological changes into swollen and irregularly shaped organisms.
As the rains crashed down, ferocious torrents swept along swollen rivers and through narrow gorges. Times, Sunday Times
Occasionally heads sit oddly on their bodies, and swollen limbs meet their trunks awkwardly.
They highlight that the indications for tonsillectomy are not just in cases of strep infections but in cases of severe tonsillitis manifested by fever, swollen glands — enlargement of the lymph nodes — and exudate fluid, said Schreibstein. No surgery for moderate tonsillitis, new guidelines say
Woven from copper and lead strips, two new works, constructed as grids, swollen with empty pregnancies, provide a text, censoring itself, in rhythms of weft and warp.
He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech. Sole Music
His face was contorted with rage, the veins in his neck were swollen and his nostrils were flared, like a bull about to charge. No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale
In listening to these works with their clumsy blocks of tone, their eternal sunless complaining, their lack of humor where they would be humorous, their lack of passion where they would be profound, their sardonic and monotonous bourdon, one is perforce reminded of the photograph of Reger which his publishers place on the cover of their catalogue of his works, the photograph that shows something that is like a swollen, myopic beetle with thick lips and sullen expression crouching on an organ-bench. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers
The skin was thin and bloodless, the fingers spatulate, a swollen knob at each joint and knuckle.
A bunion looks like a swollen, red, bony bump at the base of the big toe.
Not by any stretch of the imagination was that swollen, engorged face the same one I'd seen in Buxton and later in Cheetham's office. KICK BACK
Pick off the swollen green growths and THE burn them before they turn white, as these contain fungal spores. The Sun
Some of its other traditional uses have been as a mild purgative for chronic constipation and for the treatment of swollen glands.
Other symptoms are pain from lack of food at the proper hour, or from food taken at the improper time; both of which practices may be followed by flatulency, occasioning a swollen, drum-like condition of the stomach and abdomen; the body of the tongue will be coated white, while the edges will present a redder appearance than in health. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis
By the time you read this, the two days of riots I'm referring to might have swollen into a major crisis -- or they might have been subsumed and forgotten in the din and onrush of mayhem in Libya and Syria, radiation in Japan or whatever's next. Ethan Casey: Terry Jones' America Is A Dangerous Place To Be
He had a swollen right orbit, a laceration over the right elbow, and bloody discharge from both nostrils.
The stream is swollen because of the heavy rain.
Dramatic allergic rashes with itchy blobs, swollen lips and tongue and breathing difficulty come on quickly and need an ambulance. The Sun
Heavily swollen with monsoon rains in mid-July, the river breached its earth embankments swamping large areas of the district within half an hour.
Swollen rivers overflowed and flooded roads, homes, yards and underpasses.
Naked beside Caroline in the single bed with a duvet tucked around them like a swollen toga, he charted the weeks and months ahead. THE ENDLESS GAME
One of our cats occasionally suffers from eosinophilic granuloma, which manifests itself in a very swollen lip making him look sulkier than usual. Poor Ferris
The surrounding gum may also be inflamed, tender and swollen.
As their cash balances have swollen, companies have begun to spread their tentacles beyond the trading floor. Times, Sunday Times
The swollen river washed away the footbridge
For the urban poor, the storm waters bring a unique opportunity to angle for fish in the swollen canals criss-crossing the city.
His clothes were cheap and homely, "his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untuneable," nevertheless his fervid eloquence and energy soon made him "very much hearkened unto. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
The Thames was swollen after a sudden thaw of heavy snow and torrential rains. Times, Sunday Times
Wounds involving tendons, bursae and closed articulations become swollen and discharge synovia. Common Diseases of Farm Animals
He said that his ears were swollen and bleeding and discharging pus.
As the rains crashed down, ferocious torrents swept along swollen rivers and through narrow gorges. Times, Sunday Times
I had always thought that the word boo-boo originated as “bubo”—the infected, swollen lymph nodes that characterized bubonic plague. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
Daniel Hertzberg for The Wall Street Journal Colson Whitehead The rollicking gusto of some of the writing, with its overheated adjectives and over-the-top images, is hard to resist: It was the passionless, death's-head skull of a long-dead corpse, instinct with hellish life; and the glazed eyes swollen and bulbous betrayed the thing's blindness. Instinct With Hellish Life
Her swollen lips and drunken expression peered back at her from his mirrored shades. The Maverick
The nagging pain around the swollen gum had become increasingly unpleasant, and sensitive to the slightest touch. Times, Sunday Times
Great bushy burnsides furzed out to his jawbone, and he peered from under the brim's shadow with dark eyes, the lids swollen and hooded as a raptor's. Cold Mountain
Easter had been wet, windy and miserable anyway, and the Beggar and its feeder becks were already to bank level when the freak storm hit the side of Tup Fell and turned swollen into overflowing.
Sandrine noticed that the girl's eyes were red and swollen, as if she'd been crying.
Now his head is swollen and turned purple and yellow. Times, Sunday Times
Tumour of blood capillary gnawing flesh, in fluctuation jaw is bitten forcibly when tightening swollen content apophysis, after loosening, disappear.
Yet who looks at them anyway, this swollen image bank of familiar faces in unfamiliar places? Times, Sunday Times
Then I entered into a contract of partnership with them and we chartered a ship and packing up all manner of precious stuffs and merchandise of every kind, freighted it therewith; after which we embarked in it all we needed and, setting sail from Bassorah, launched out into the dashing sea, swollen with clashing surge whereinto whoso entereth is lone and lorn and whence whoso cometh forth is as a babe new - born. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The so-called G77 club — now swollen to include 131 developing countries plus China — is more assertive than ever, reflecting the new confidence of the leading emerging nations. Bound to Fail
Jenny's eyes were red and swollen and her cheeks were puffy.
The misshapen, swollen fingers are welded together and his nails look like claws. Times, Sunday Times
His right eye is swollen, puffy and seeping something murky.
The anti - inflammatory experiments concluded mice ear - swollen induced by xylene and egg white - induced toe swollen.
It is difficult to put a dollar figure on the damage the rain-swollen tide from did to the property.
Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.
The Tijuana Tornado" had a badly swollen welt under his right eye by the end of the fourth and routinely ate over 60 percent of Pacquiao's power punches the rest of way.
I had cauliflower ears that were so badly swollen I could see them without a mirror. Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
A swollen optic nerve found by her optometrist led to the discovery of the tumor.
The normal signs of a tough scrap would usually be .. swollen features, squashed "konk" lumpy forehead and teeth like a bombed out church .. hang on a bit ... East Side Boxing
Pain is felt only after exercise, and the affected area is not tender to the touch, discolored or swollen.
The tubers are the swollen ends of stolons arising from the crown of the plant; each stolon bears only one tuber. Chapter 37
(_c_) Frequently the whole foot is like a big "chilblain" and is very hot, red and swollen. 1914
After the plastic surgery I had two black eyes and was very swollen. But I knew it would be worth it.
I sneeze uncontrollably, my eyes puff up and the back of my mouth gets swollen and itchy.
These swollen lymph nodes appear most often in the underarm or neck areas, although if the inoculation lesion is on the leg, then the nodes in the groin will be affected.
The river was swollen due to heavy rains from Hurricane Irene, which also claimed at least three lives on the Caribbean island country.
Primary syphilis is usually heralded by a single sore called a chancre, and if not treated, patients can develop a rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms. Reuters: Top News
The swollen brain squeezes up against the inside of the skull, causing more tissue damage.
Your joints will then be examined to see if they are swollen and to find out how easily they move.
His once slender face, embedded in our hearts and minds from the extensive news coverage, was now puffy and swollen.
All that they gave me, my brothers, was a crappy starry mirror to look into, and indeed I was not your handsome young Narrator any longer but a real strack of a sight, my rot swollen and my glazzies all red and my nose bumped a bit also. Where's the show?
Swollen with meltwater from the mountains, a stream rushed between reedy banks.
The storage organ in onion consists of scales derived from swollen leaf bases, whereas in garlic it originates from swollen lateral buds.
Nor was the idea dispelled when she stopped and faced him in the privacy of her room with her eyes swollen and a trembling under-lip. Doom Castle
The similar French product, a speciality of ports in the north of Normandy, is called bouffi, also meaning swollen or bloated.
Emily's blue eyes were bloodshot and swollen, meaning she had been crying of late.
My knee has swollen up and it is a bit stiff. The Sun
The swollen river flooded the village
The flesh around his eyes was swollen now. A Plague of Angels
The next day my foot was swollen and bruised. The Sun
Al Behrman/Associated Press Along the Ohio River in Covington, Ky., geese walking on Garrard Street near a flooded Riverside Drive had a bird's-eye view of downtown Cincinnati, across the swollen Ohio River. Rough Weather in the Midwest
He squats beside the machine, threading a screw the size of a flea, his eyes watering, face crimson and swollen.
They are swollen, fluid-filled sacs which often become enlarged and painful.
They include swollen lymph nodes in armpits and groin, plus stomach pain and bleeding. The Sun
Pick off the swollen growths and burn them, because these contain the fungal spores that spread the infection to nearby plants. The Sun
The downward-curving bill of the bird, the small head, and the swollen knees are all accurate depictions of a wader.
After the plastic surgery I had two black eyes and was very swollen. But I knew it would be worth it.
Instead of old-fashioned, high-dose liquid, doctors inject foam directly in to the swollen vein.
The swollen eyelid was a fiery red. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
The tonsils and back of the throat may be covered with a whitish coating, or appear red, swollen, and dotted with whitish or yellowish specks of pus.
Full breasts can lead to swollen, flattened nipples and areolae, which your baby may have trouble latching onto. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn
-- Vestibular neuritis, also known as labyrinthitis, also known as a swollen inner ear that causes vertigo and other balance issues SFGate: Top News Stories
You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice
However, due to the severity of the swollen river, they have not yet been able to return home to their houseboat, which is moored at Fulford.
They walked into the backyard and there was Jimmy giving Jezebel's swollen, oozing introitus long slow licks while the bitch's flanks heaved and her tongue lapped at the air. Puppy Love
That same wind sundered the clouds to reveal a swollen, pocked moon, and a shaft of nacreous moonglow doused the ground before my feet. Shadow Walker
His head was swathed in bandages, his bruised features swollen out of all recognition. Times, Sunday Times
Their numbers have certainly been swollen by extra birds dropping in from frozen stillwater fisheries.
It didn't help that half my face was swollen to blimpish proportions, either.
His features looked much softer, his face slightly puffy and swollen. Times, Sunday Times
Her right leg is wasted and her knee joint is swollen, shiny and huge in comparison to the other.
The bearers, the priests, and the ailing ones themselves had just intonated a canticle, the song of Bernadette, and all rolled along amid the besetting "Aves," so that the little carts, the litters, and the pedestrians descended the sloping road like a swollen and overflowing torrent of roaring water. The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 2
Of course, I had never seen a weighted, jangling, belly-swollen giant flop down a chimney and gaily dispense his largesse under a Christmas tree.
The female flower sits closer to the vine and has a swollen embryonic fruit at its base.
Above us a rataplan of thunder sounded in a swollen sky that still stubbornly refused to yield its rain.
Her thumb is painfully swollen.
His fingers are swollen; he cannot hold his drumsticks to drum, or his fountain pen to write.
Simmer steadily for 20 until all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice grains are swollen but a tad hard in the centre. Times, Sunday Times
These seasonal fishermen trapped fish from the swollen rivers for fun as well as profit.
Apparently, there are fish called stonefish that come down when the rivers are swollen and they are very poisonous. '' AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
He has kwashiorkor, which has left his limbs bloated and his belly swollen.
TOKYO — Rescuers in Japan dug through mud-caked debris and searched the banks of swollen rivers Monday for those missing in a powerful typhoon that left at least 25 people dead, the latest disaster for a country still recovering from a calamitous tsunami six months ago. Japan: Typhoon Talas Kills At Least 20
A swollen jaw and blinding pain made worse by gentle breezes on the cheek indicate a trip to the dentist is necessary.
Dad's eyes are swollen as he comes trundling through the doorway.
The drugs that treat asthma either relax the bronchial spasm, or reduce the inflammation that makes the bronchial tubes swollen and irritable to minor irritants.
Cortisone remarkably relieved inflamed, swollen joints after just a few days of use.
The symptoms of plague were swollen lymph nodes in the armpits and groin known as buboes, hence Bubonic Plague, and death followed within hours or a few days at the most.
Michael, who had followed in at her invitation, betrayed a ridiculously swollen nose as he sniffed noses with Jerry, wagged his bobtail to Harley in greeting, and was greeted in turn with a blissful hand laid on his head. CHAPTER XXXVI
They also suffered swollen legs and feet and achy joints, making them so uncomfortable that a quarter taking growth hormone had their doses reduced during the study.
To run his hands over her skin, to shape the soft curve of her hips and the narrow in dentation of her waist, to cup the fullness of her breasts and place his mouth against their swollen crests. So Close and No Closer
Well, then, observe me; note the bister about my eyes, the swollen lips, the shaking hand. The Grey Cloak
His face was swollen, his nose hurt, his back ached, and his corn was bothering him.
Soldiers began to emerge from the swollen hatchways on the surface like ants pouring forth from their hill.
To use an an oft invoked comparison, at least I am not in a tree in Mozambique giving birth to a child as the swollen waters of the Limpopo River rage torrentially below.
Lots of fancy sounding medical terms that are really just synonyms for regular every day words. erythematous = red edematous = swollen Microscopic is tinier than miniscule
It's weird, it almost feels puffy and swollen (but it doesn't look like it).
His ankles and face looked puffy and swollen but there was no sign of sunburn or skin blistering. Times, Sunday Times
The gums become red and swollen, and the tongue may develop a white coating.
His right eye and jaw were swollen as if he too had engaged in assaulting somebody's fist. THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN
The Thames was swollen after a sudden thaw of heavy snow and torrential rains. Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes were puffy and swollen, signaling that she had just spent the last ten minutes crying her heart out.
I knew I must've looked terrible, my mascara smudged, my eyes swollen and red, my nose all runny.
The temperature was 100. 2°; the facial expression more natural; the tongue remained somewhat swollen and sore; she was no longer restless; she took tea, beef-tea, milk, etc., well; the functions of the secreting organs were being restored; she perspired freely; had micturated; the mucous membrane of the mouth was moist, and there was a tendency to tears without corresponding mental depression. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885
Other signs are a sense that your fingers are swollen and feeling that they have lost the ability to grip firmly. Times, Sunday Times
The village lay to the east, along a river so swollen by winter monsoons that the paddies were a vast lake, submerging any landmarks. The Village
Her tiny feet were wrapped in a woollen bundle, and rested on hot bricks, and her aching head was tied up in red flannel bandages that smelled of brandy; she had a mustard plaster on her chest, a cayenne pepper 'gargle' for her throat, and a cup of hot ginger tea stood at her elbow; her pretty nose was swollen out of shape, her bright eyes were red and inflamed, and little blisters had broken out all over those kissable lips; a very damp white handkerchief lay in her lap, and two great tears, that it had not yet wiped away, ran down her flushed cheeks. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
His ankles and face looked puffy and swollen but there was no sign of sunburn or skin blistering. Times, Sunday Times
In some cases, such as when the swollen epiglottis blocks the windpipe, a tracheostomy may be performed.
Even if the budding breasts are all in my imagination, my swollen abdomen definitely isn't.
Swollen adenoids are often associated with tonsillitis (infected tonsils) and are usually removed as part of an operation to remove the tonsils.
His right eye and jaw were swollen as if he, too, had engaged in assaulting somebody's fist. The Feathers of the Sun
I helped her unclasp the mirror, her swollen and bruised fingers trying to hold tight. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery
Medical Programs For Varicose Veins Medical Care Ambulatory phlebectomy, another operation for more critical vein situations, on the other hand, surgically removes swollen veins from the skin by gently pulling them with surgical hooks. We Blog A Lot
A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.
She was still trying to hide her face, for her eyes were red and swollen from all the crying.
Roots - the swollen root-hypocotyl is rich in starch and sugars and can be creamy-yellow or light or dark purple in colour; yellow ones are usually the most popular. Chapter 23
In children, the abdomen can become swollen and bloated and medical attention should be sought urgently.
These are much swollen, violet in colour and purulent. Work Camp 10049 GW
By this time my neck was quite swollen. The Sun
Keloid Scar Tissue - A keloid is a type of swollen scar that grows much larger than other scars, appearing similar to a fibrous tumor. Undefined
He was sweating now and breathing quickly, and every part of him felt swollen and overfull. THE BROKEN GOD

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