Widened

Examples

• It widened as she turned to go, and no one advanced to fill it up. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The latter's eyes widened charmingly and she broke into a light laugh. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The desolate feeling with which I went abroad, deepened and widened hourly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Her lips trembled and her gaze widened with tears. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The oranges continue along these rollers until the space between the rollers has widened to the point where each particular size drops into a labeled bin. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The lake widened and across it on the shore at the foot of the mountains on the other side we saw a few lights that should be Luino. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The green lane widened into a little circle of grass, where there was a small trickle of water at the bottom of a sloping bank. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They widened and widened, thrusting you both asunder, one from the other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The boom was a sharp crack that widened in the cracking and on the hillside he saw a small fountain of earth rise with a plume of gray smoke. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• As the gloves were white kid gloves, and as the post-office was widened to its utmost extent, I now began to have my strong suspicions. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Half-an-hour of walking and talking brought them to the spot in the valley where the grass riband widened and led down to the front of the house. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was a delicate point, and it widened the field of my inquiry. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• We groped round the widened space to find the entrance, and after a time fancied that we had succeeded. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Again, as Newton had widened man's conception of space, so Hutton (and Buffon) enlarged his conception of time. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Sometimes the way so widened that she and her father could ride abreast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• After a while a great shudder ran through the people, and the living lane widened slowly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Minute after minute passed by, perhaps ten minutes passed, and the shadow on the moon perceptibly widened. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Yet I should not like the breach to be widened, and he is so testy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Agustín looked at him and his dark, sunken cheeks widened at their base as he grinned. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• It has widened man’s horizon, and given him all the lands instead of only the limits of his homestead. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

Edited by Greg