How To Use Widen In A Sentence

The initial lift of the bar targets the lower back and thickens the erectors, the middle part of the lift widens the barn-door lats, and the squeeze and lockout at the top emphasize the upper back.
The river up which we came after leaving the Helmund, is fully equal to that in size; it is very rapid: the ravine is very narrow, occasionally widening into swardy spots. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
Through their work, the fruits of biblical scholarship were disseminated to an ever-widening audience.
But this volume considerably expands our understanding by widening the regional sphere of comparison and by taking on board issues of secrecy, cultural heritage and museology.
To improve the ambience of the village, they cleared the wild growth and widened the roads.

She felt her eyes widen; undirected, her hands spread over his chest as he drew her to him. THE PROMISE IN A KISS
Like a widening conveyer belt it scraped away more and more of the hillsides and carried off the debris.
Then, widening our focus, we looked at Lugbara witchcraft and the ancestor cult which complements and completes it.
It was a driveway that narrowed at the road, then widened as gracefully as stemware.
Among the projects that will be jumpstarted with this new funding are the Midtown Tunnel tube in Norfolk, the extension of HOV/HOT Lanes on I95/395 and the widening of I-66 in Northern Virginia, work on the Coalfields Expressway in Southwest Virginia, and the widening and improving of multiple sections of Route 58 in southern and western Virginia. UPDATED: Key Democratic panel approves McDonnell's transportation plan
Under the new proposals, the degree of margin reduction for cane refiners is around two-and-a-half times greater than that for beet producers, so that the competitive imbalance between beet and cane producers would be widened.
Blondel's smile widened into a wicked grin.
Sociologists Claude Fischer and Greggor Mattson have argued that while much talk about America fragmenting is overblown, “gaps by social class and educational attainment are widening among Americans by almost any measure.” American Grace
Rather a major problem is that the financial gap between the prosperous and poorer classes has been widening.
Her mouth opened, and stayed so, as her pale eyes widened under the close bonnet she wore.
Travel widens horizons in more ways than one, and makes people wiser and more mature, besides developing the qualities of tolerance and forbearance.
Most flood-control projects involve widening, deepening and straightening channels so they can hold a larger volume of water before they can inundate adjacent flood plains.
The fee rollback will lead to a $7.5 billion widening of the state deficit over the next year and a half, according to Moody's.
So what explains the widening gap? Times, Sunday Times
As a result there is a widening gap between supply and demand. Times, Sunday Times
The margin where they have crossed has also widened recently. Times, Sunday Times
The worrying thing is that the gap is widening between what is advertised and what people get in reality," he said. Computing
He has boosted his vocal power, widened his range and sounds more impressive than ever.
One of the men positioned the prow of the boat against the seaward ice, revved the engines, and widened the gap to six feet.
The corporate bond market remains unsettled, with junk spreads widening again this week.
For those who were still in the womb when their fathers died the gap widened to two years and ten weeks. Times, Sunday Times
The mutoscope widens the use of motion-photography infinitely. Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers
WE EMERGE into the prison laundry past a guard, WIDENING for a final view of the line. The giant steel " mangler " is slapping down in brutal rhythm. The sound is deafening.
Over Monk Bridge, which was widened in the 1900s, we pass the site of the enlarged gasworks, long since demolished.
He waits for this to sink in, and I oblige by widening my eyes and licking my chapped lips.
So my aim widens to include some understanding of my fellows. The Education of a Gardener
It has the requisite dose of evidence of a persecution complex but it widens the net. Times, Sunday Times
This time it's like crossing a widening crevasse in a glacier.
Hopping from heist to heist, with the fuzz getting ever closer, the rivalry that has flared escalates and the cracks in this already untenable threesome begin to widen.
She has two daughters with him and accepts her fate in life until a skein of circumstances widens her horizons.
Why not widen the discussion to include the Muslim and Jewish points of view?
The widening valuation gap makes it tough to resurrect the nuptials. Times, Sunday Times
When the voice-producer has learned to intonate surely, when the voice is "placed," and the secrets of the registers are known to him, he will do well to experiment a little, cautiously, with his own resonance-chambers, so as to widen his practical knowledge of the principles underlying the modification of tones. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
Camilla's bright green eyes widened until her natural colour, brown, showed where her contacts slipped down.
Cecil's eyes widened as water pooled around his feet.
The widening gulf was bridged by borrowing. Times, Sunday Times
When trying to widen a space, square tiles should be laid in a diamond pattern and rectangular tiles should be laid in a brick or herringbone pattern.
Arin's sun-kissed face paled as her eyes widened.
There was nothing, so enamoring of the Iranian president that anyone can credibly assume that his appearance generated any widened appeal for his objected views on Jews, gays, or God. Weathering Ahmadinejad's Ideological Assault on New York
Increasingly, researchers have attempted to conceptualize speaker variables in such a way as to solve a widening range of substantive problems.
A third bought a property beside a main road, only to discover that the road could be widened and the house bulldozed. Times, Sunday Times
Moreover, price trends have a political dimension, with rural inflation now atypically stronger than that in urban areas, potentially fuelling tensions over the widening wealth gap in the country.
Charles' eyes widened; he had secretly hoped that he was imagining this all, and he realized it was very real.
I caught glimpses of a number of poor, low houses straggling along the bank of the Terek, which flowed seaward in an ever-widening stream; farther off rose the dark-blue, jagged wall of the mountains, behind which Mount Kazbek gazed forth in his highpriest's hat of white. A Hero of Our Time
His death will open the way for a new Libya, but may widen cracks that already exist in its body politic. Times, Sunday Times
This causes a widening of the diaphragm muscle opening known as a hiatal hernia. Medlogs - Recent stories
But prohibition widened already serious rifts in the social fabric of the country. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
Secondly, you must seek to widen the circle of opportunity -- what they called the pursuit of happiness. Remarks By The President At Dnc Dinner In New Orleans
You need to widen your circle of friends.
Now, economic worries are rising fastest in households with smaller paychecks, and that chasm is widening. Americans increasingly concerned on economic future
Widen your stance for greater stability when hitting the ball.
They fear plans to widen the availability of alcohol licenses could see off many traditional pubs.
When the resulting flight from asset-backed commercial paper caused exposures to come back on to the balance sheets of banks that had sponsored such programs, uncertainty about some banks 'exposures raised their funding costs, most notably in the term interbank market, as evidenced by widening LIBOR spreads. Lacker Speech on Financial Stability
There is a widening split between senior managers and the rest of the workforce.
Agnes widened her eyes as the simper froze in her mouth and remembered that she still had a friend named Tyson.
But separatism only widened the gulf and deepened the mistrust, which was a hurdle in maintaining peace and harmony.
As he ran forward, he saw something on the wall up ahead, and as he came up on it, his eyes widened when he saw the counter counting down the seconds remaining.
While awaiting the widening of 16th Avenue N.W., you can broaden your acquaintance with poetry at Annie's Book Co.
There is something spine-tingling and enthralling about the best public art, the kind that touches the emotions and makes the eyes widen involuntarily. Times, Sunday Times
Allowing perceived slights to grow into mountainous outrage means the gulfs will widen and individuals will reach a point where there is no going back and, therefore, no going forward.
And this gap continues to widen over the course of regular schooling. Times, Sunday Times
The removal of spurs in a river valley therefore has the effect of widening and deepening the valley. Geography Basic Facts
The trade deficit had widened from ￡26 billion to ￡30 billion.
But (as with houses) differences were widening. The English Civil War: A People's History
Some doctors seek to widen their professional remit to cover the entire range of human experience.
Had Griffin reshaped the program (and it was possible because this administration really cared not that much about space) to be a lever to drive the creation of private space transportation, to give it an anchor market which hopefully would drive down the cost of widen the scope of access ... well that might have made a difference. Mike Griffin Bids Farewell - NASA Watch
We did so, but it appeared that the spot at which we originally struck the fissure was the narrowest place; it widened at either side. Chatterbox, 1905.
When she sees him, her eyes widen, and she smiles a delighted grin.
The parliamentary draftsmen in 1996 widened the classes of people not eligible, so the clause now covers anybody who contested general elections.
This year, the distance from their peers only widens. Times, Sunday Times
Her grin widened, displaying rows of needlelike teeth. My Fair Succubi
The creation of a buffer and the widening of the footpaths using the green areas will narrow the street.
Its profit margin widened by 6 % compared with the same period in 2015 after cutting back on discounts. Times, Sunday Times
Karon and Widener then described what they identified as a typical combat hysterical neurosis.
Roberts' eyes widen, as if Gibson was the school bad boy and had just told off the principal.
The vast and widening gulf between imports and exports tells a troubling story. Times, Sunday Times
In her widening influence, growing liberty, and freedom, I see impearled a prophecy of an altruistic era -- a civilization triumphant -- rising against to-morrow's purpling dawn. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891
The gap between rich and poor has widened considerably.
Beef, mutton, pork and venison were common meats, and communities close to the coast could expect to widen their diets with fish and shellfish.
A smile widened his mouth and his beautiful eyes gleamed with happiness. ‘I love you too, my darling.’
As the word left his lips, "whizz," Jimmy's minnow landed in the middle of the circles widening about the rise of the Bass. At the Foot of the Rainbow
The widening opportunities for consumerism and shopping enhanced the scope for women to make decisions and spend money.
The gap between rich and poor has widened and Brenda has seen people suddenly move from comfortable middle class lives to the poverty trap through redundancy or illness.
He said yesterday his first priorities would be to tackle inflation and the widening trade gap.
A smile widened his mouth and his beautiful eyes gleamed with happiness. ‘I love you too, my darling.’
Devon's eyes widened in surprise at my sudden movements, and stumbled backwards when he caught me.
This paper analyzes the disadvantageous effect of the widening of income differences.
The push for more donations from entrepreneurs is becoming gradually apparent in society as the gap between rich and poor widens.
Widening the scope is worthwhile (why not do the same to dudes?), as is narrowing it (why sexualize any fear and death, when in RL both fear and death are very unsexy things?). Intertribal: women in horror, the legend continues
Mally's violet eyes widened and she opened her mouth, trying to speak, but no words came out.
Round in a circle the widening fissure raced, ringing Lord Vulpine and all his men, penning them inside a vast ditch. A TIME OF WAR
For this reason he has encouraged the social committee to widen the scope of this year's fête, drawing in helpers from outside the congregation and offering to share any profits for the benefit of the town.
The common theory is that when yield spreads widen, which is when the so-called yield curve steepens, it suggests investors are optimistic about the strength of the economy. Yield Curve Signals Growth Ahead
We have only to note the way groups of workers use widening or narrowing differentials in the pay structure to argue for wage increases to see the truth of George's statement.
The net result was a widening gene pool and an altogether hardier national herd.
It seems that the trade gap is widening .
And the generation gulf is set to widen as the number of pensioners in the area is expected to rise by 22 per cent in the next decade.
Corporates were mixed, with investment grade bond spreads about unchanged and junk spreads continuing to widen moderately.
Here, the snow peaks of the Karakorums widen and thaw into a landslide of cultivation terraces.
Widen your stance for greater stability when hitting the ball.
The register is being widened to include domiciliary and residential care workers. Times, Sunday Times
But an increase in the dollar makes US exports more expensive in world markets and cheapens imports, thereby widening the trade gap and creating the need for an even greater inflow of foreign funds.
The MoD has argued against allowing a widening of the scope of the evidence. The Sun
In a trice, scores of moccasins were widening the space of beaten snow by the fire. The Sun of the Wolf
On the soundtrack, disembodied voices form a chorus of simmering urban resentment, describing life on the streets and the widening gulf between rich and poor.
Ever wonder whether retired superheroes are subject to widening midsections and bad backs?
Supporters argue that privatisation increases efficiency, widens share ownership and increases consumer choice.
Beyond, the passage widened and dipped into a debouchment with a pair of open doors. Time Streams
The faint roar of the traffic and the sea widened the night, but the sky was starless, the low cloud hung overhead and sealed us in. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
In fact, I would generally harry, hassle and hound them until they give up or leave the country. my emphasis obviouslyThese powers already exist to some extent note Blair's use of the word "widen". Archive 2006-04-01
Shopkeepers have renovated their premises, roads have been widened, pavements are cleared for pedestrians.
In other words, the widening gap between pension provision in the public and private sector will not just lead to widening social inequality, it will also become a block to Scotland's economy growth.
Hostility to the existing political setup is being exacerbated by growing unemployment lines and widening social inequality.
To widen the valleys, however, it is necessary to invoke sediment transport processes that can remove the material from the valley floors, to redeposit it in adjacent lowlands.
They say their planned tax on phone landlines is to widen access to the internet. The Sun
The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east.
How will widening the 10p tax band be made to look like a tax cut for everybody?
The young woman’s eyes widened and her expression brightened with self-importance. Highborn
The modest widening in New Zealand's net international investment position once again highlights "the long-standing vulnerability for the NZ economy and the unlikelihood of a credit rating upgrade any time soon in our eyes," Goldman Sachs economist Philip Borkin said in a note. New Zealand Current Account Deficit Widens
His eyes widened a moment, a flare of sudden overwhelming emotion to which he could only stutter.
The free market program implemented by successive governments has widened social inequality to an unprecedented degree.
For five rainy days he tramped ever-widening circles out from the base, traversing ridges and saddles and moiling through valleys while the armed guard followed him every step of the way.
It stood near the brow of a bosoming hill, which sheltered it, both with wood and clevice, from the rigor and fury of the north and east; while in front the sloping foreground widened its soft lap of green. Erema — My Father's Sin
After Hardwar the valleys would occasionally widen into a great green opera of cultivation terraces, falling away like the tiers of a Greek amphitheatre into the convex bowl of the mountainside.
If you widen the terms of reference to say conflict diamonds include all governments who misbehave, that is a different process," said Izhakoff. Reuters: Top News
As he acquired further land and office in the north, the affinity inevitably widened.
There are very large and probably widening socio-economic differentials in mortality in Britain.
‘Well,’ Bob said as he widened his stance and rubbed his scraggly beard.
The disparity between solar noon and mean noon widens and narrows as the seasons change, on a sliding scale.
Both have footpaths which have been widened over recent years to accommodate pedestrians.
She struggled to keep her composure but couldn't keep her eyes from widening in shock. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Between the orangery, which is in this widening, and the piece of water, the banks of which are agreeably decorated, stands the Little Castle of which I have spoken. The Confessions of J J Rousseau
The contract for the primary work, which is expected to take 26 weeks and includes widening the pier and refacing the sea-wall, has been awarded to contractors Balfour Beatty.
With a widened look of panic in his eyes, he bellowed out to Laverne.
Her argument was that public health campaigns widen inequalities. Times, Sunday Times
This is despite a range of widening participation initiatives. Times, Sunday Times
The cross-party group also wants league tables showing how universities and employers are widening access to those from all backgrounds. The Sun
The Venezuelan coastguard widened its search yesterday after failing to find any wreckage. Times, Sunday Times
A craze for wacky weddings has grown since marriage laws were widened to include a vast range of potential venues.
Many students register for these courses to widen skills for use in their current job .
Soon the crack widened, however, and their path branched down into the darkness.
Far from ending poverty, these economic processes have only widened the gulf between rich and poor.
During the Second World War, industrial wage differentials in Britain widened.
But, by widening the choices for marketing and consumption, they helped undermine the economies of many small towns dependent on local trade.
His eyes widened, his mouth opened, white endoskeletal elements exposed. 365 tomorrows » Observation without Affection : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
The widening gulf was bridged by borrowing. Times, Sunday Times
Its profit margin widened by 6 % compared with the same period in 2015 after cutting back on discounts. Times, Sunday Times
The euro-zone's 12-month cumulated current-account deficit widened to €69.3 billion in July from €22.2 billion a year earlier. Euro-Zone Wages Rise at Faster Pace
The worrying thing is that the gap is widening between what is advertised and what people get in reality," he said. Computing
The widening white V of the wake spread out from the stern like a fan-shaped contrail. AMBERBEACH
The car comes with a long wheelbase combined with widened racks, lower centre of gravity, sporty and direct steering and a responsive 6-speed gearbox.
Perhaps the At Large Membership study, which has a remit to widen public participation in the Net name quango, will conclude that this is best served not by elections but by spontaneous Soviet-style displays of jollification, instead.
The television can widen our field of vision.
Ultraviolet visible diffused reflection measure showed that composite carrier widened TiO2 response range towards light, establishing the favorable foundation for photo catalysis reaction.
Men with better tech skills get the high-paying jobs, and the wage gap widens between the genders.
His eyes widened tremendously and his mouth opened in a scream of mortal terror at the sight of the creature within.
There, 150 years ago this month, 132 delegates from 21 states bickered, bargained and tried in vain to bridge the chasm that widened beneath them even as they met. The Willard: Where hope collapsed as slavery raged
The development of lobation in later growth stages is mainly expressed in the widening and deepening of sulci.
The St. Judith girl's eyes widened and she gave him a sympathetic look.
Love that casts a widening pool of light. Times, Sunday Times
Jay widened his eyes in mock horror, holding his hands up in front of his chest.
Giles widened his eyes innocently, keeping his voice sweet and cherubic as he sang the very slightly altered lyrics.
Thus the gap between the maximum possible entropy and the true entropy of our universe continually widens, as shown in figure 2.4. The Origin of the Universe
Next also impressed with the way in which it widened gross margins on the retail side. Times, Sunday Times
No, it might be a better investment to give every footslogger extra rations in the form of new courts, coaches and clubs; to increase the height of the pyramid by widening its base, rather than simply adding to its summit a fragile spike. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
It shifted, became a narrow band of darkness, then widened again.
Our children will never have equal opportunity unless, once and for all, we close the ever-widening achievement gap.
The Venezuelan coastguard widened its search yesterday after failing to find any wreckage. Times, Sunday Times
However, the euro-zone's 12-month cumulated current account deficit widened significantly to €56.5 billion in September from €26.2 billion a year earlier, largely due to a decline in the surplus of goods. Euro Zone in Account Surplus
The trade deficit had widened from ￡26 billion to ￡30 billion.Sentence dictionary
The mills embarked on a modernisation programme that included the building of a new hydro-electric scheme, widening of the lade, and a modern power plant.
Toyota pedal maker CTS thrust into spotlight as recalls widen WN.com - Business News
It should be because we want to live up to the example of public servants like John Roll and Gabby Giffords, who knew first and foremost that we are all Americans, and that we can question each other's ideas without questioning each other's love of country, and that our task, working together, is to constantly widen the circle of our concern so that we bequeath the American dream to future generations. Obama saves Tucson memorial from the unseemly
It could be said, of course, that the time apparently wasted in these effectless studies could have been well spent in deepening and widening a knowledge of English literature never yet too great, and I have often said this myself; but then, again, I am not sure that the studies were altogether effectless. Literature and Life (Complete)
This silent divide will almost certainly lead to widening divisions in the sector based on individual and institutional privilege.
Some guidebooks describe this ridge as relentless, and it is, but underfoot conditions are good and it's just a question of plodding upwards with ever widening views all around you as consolation.
Engines began to hum deep in the belly of the ship, but Boertousce's grin only widened, the lips peeling back as if mocking his efforts.
Why not widen the discussion to include the Muslim and Jewish points of view?
What we need to do now is to widen this circle to include the many new members of the Democratic family.
That unequal distribution of income exacerbated an already widening gulf in income.
In recent years, owing to the Government's deliberate policy to promote the non-traditional exports, the range of exportable products has widened even further.
Fountains leap up into the light, the spray struck through with rainbows falling in crystalline baptism upon flowering shrubs -- then rolling down through channels of marble, and widening out here and there into pools swirling with the finny tribes of foreign aquariums, bordered with scarlet anemones, hypericums, and many-colored ranunculi. New Tabernacle Sermons
She grunted, her eyes widening as his knee pushed into her stomach roughly and violently.
The grin widened, and a slight flush crept across his cheeks.
The scheme will include a widening of Cemetery Road, new signage and additional car parking space.
Talk about turning and turning in the widening gyre, I looked up the quotation above, and what do I get?
I wait until the dragnet widens out, as it will inevitably do, when they find that she is missing. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The widening powers of the state were agreed to be beneficial not only in wartime but in peace as well.
Tropicana will launch its own marketing blitz Monday, trying to widen its extensive lead in the ready-to-drink juice segment.
But the shoulders have widened and the appetite for victory sharpened by a few years' reflection on the might-have-beens.
I could feel this slap-happy punch-drunk idiot grin appear on my face, widening exponentially.
As traffic grew, the conventional wisdom was that roads should be widened to make room.
As the commander's chief financial advisor, comptrollers must also widen their lens and view the wing through the eyes of the wing commander.
Her skin flushed, her eyes widened, her shoulders rolled. 365 tomorrows » 2008 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
Extra pedestrian crossings and ‘community areas’ with widened footways, trees and street furniture are also planned.

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