Dilated

Examples

• Her dark blue eyes, in their wetness of tears, dilated as if she was startled in her very soul. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her dark, dilated eyes rested on Birkin, as if she could conjure the truth of the future out of him, as out of some instrument of divination. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She was watching him all the time with her dark, dilated, inchoate eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This dilated until it filled the room, and impelled me to take a candle and go in and look at my dreadful burden. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Her eyes were bright, their pupils dilated, her cheeks seemed rosier, and fuller than usual. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• However, the intense darkness dilated the pupils of our eyes so as to make them very sensitive, and we could just see at times the outlines of the road. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A pleasant glow dilated Archer's heart. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• All the while her eyes, in which the tears had not yet dried, were dilated as if in a kind of swoon of fascination and helplessness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her eyes dilated in the dim evening light, like the eyes of a wild animal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Tom had stood, during this speech, with his hands raised, and his eyes dilated, like a man in a dream. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• His knees tightened to bronze as he hung above her soft face, whose lips parted and whose eyes dilated in a strange violation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The young man laid his upon them with a gentle pressure; his heart dilated with an inexpressible relief. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury; it was the background she required, the only climate she could breathe in. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• His eyes glowed, his figure was dilated, his breath came thick and fast. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He leaned back, spreading himself farther across the seat, as if dilated by the joyful sense of his own discernment. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Her eyes were dilated and wild, and she constantly uttered piercing shrieks, and repeated the words, 'My husband, my father, and my brother! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Her slow deep breathings dilated her thin and beautiful nostrils; it was the only motion visible on her countenance. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• His voice and hand quivered: his large nostrils dilated; his eye blazed: still I dared to speak. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She was pale as the white marble slab and cornice behind her; her eyes flashed large, dilated, unsmiling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• His nostrils dilated, and his fists clenched involuntarily, as he heard himself addressed by the villain. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The large, pleading, dilated eyes were fixed upon her wistfully, steady in their gaze, though the poor white lips quivered like those of a child. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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