Swells

Examples

• But my heart swells when I think of Torquilstone and the lists of Templestowe. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Gusts and swells perpetually trouble the mariner's course; he dare not dismiss from his mind the expectation of tempest. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If dough is left standing in a warm place a number of hours, it swells up with gas and becomes porous, and when baked, is less compact and hard than the savage bread. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Deeds of heroism also occurred, whose very mention swells the heart and brings tears into the eyes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• All along, and among, and above these crags dash and flash, sweep and leap, swells, wreaths, drifts of snowy spray. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The trumpets of triumph are blowing, their clangor swells north from thy south, And jubilant music is flowing anew from thy mouth. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The articulated portion consists of about fifty turning joints, fitted with leather packing, which swells and has an increased effectiveness under increased water pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There is a pile of these arrears very soon, and it swells like a rolling snowball. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

Typed by Gilda