| 单词 | swell |
| 例句 | From each side street hordes of little ragamuffins emerged to swell the main tide. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Below, the sea heaved in a gigantic swell. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “The heat makes my feet swell,” the woman said, “and then there’s no end to the suffering. Am I right?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And there remain one more victim in the Vampire fold; one more to swell the grim and grisly ranks of the Un-Dead!... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I felt the side of my head; it was bruised and swollen, and something pounded like tribal drums inside my ears. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the occasional swell sprays us with a light, salty mist. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The night before their departure, the King hosted a private banquet in their honor, and even Queen Yuriya, her belly swollen in the seventh month of pregnancy, joined them in the dining room. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A foul-smelling migrant with badly swollen feet also needed to talk to the priest. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her cheeks glowed red and her bosom swelled over her tight bodice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Turner removed his pipe and answered: “Yeah, and you see how Ah did swell up too, didn’t yuh? You tell Tea Cake he better be keerful Ah don’t swell up again.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Even in the noise that swelled to the cobwebbed tavern ceilings, they spoke of her in hushed, reverent tones: “Current will never steer you wrong.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She put witch hazel on his swollen neck. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt tugging and then the relief of a good swell allowed to spread out, then heat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z No one had ever said anything about where babies came from, and I had never connected Mami’s swollen belly with my sisters. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Tears came into his eyes again, making the avenue shiver, causing the houses to shake—his heart swelled, lifted up, faltered, and was dumb. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He stood looking out at the dark swells. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He tried to move his tongue and found it swollen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And when the glad shout had swelled up and died away again, to Sam’s final and complete satisfaction and pure joy, a minstrel of Gondor stood forth, and knelt, and begged leave to sing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In the winter of wet years the streams ran full-freshet, and they swelled the river until sometimes it raged and boiled, bank full, and then it was a destroyer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sea swelled rhythmically beneath him, and he leaned forward whenever a wave folded in and broke to a yellow froth. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His eyes grew wide as we all watched her face change to a pale blue mask pulled down from her hairline to her swollen lips. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The curtain draws back, flooding the room momentarily with light, and I get the glimpse of the Duchess’s face, her lips swollen, eye blackened, before the curtain falls back into place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Half your bones are busted, your body is swollen like one huge mosquito bite, and you’re nearly starved to death. Believe me, Champ, you’re not okay.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z At one point the streams that crossed Highway 3 became so swollen I worried they would engulf the ambulance. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The ship sailed on, out of the Ocean Stream, riding a long swell on the open sea for the Island of Aiaia. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd continued to swell; with a great rush of affection for both of them, Harry saw Neville being helped into a seat by Luna. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The colonel was more than a head taller than the chaplain and over twice as broad, and his swollen, overbearing authority made the chaplain feel frail and sickly by contrast. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She cries over his cut swollen lips and cringes as she touches the blood dripping from his skull. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, on Wednesday, I'd go home all rested up and feeling swell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Only the rolling sea and the bars of rich, cool light and the boat sliding up and down easily, as she was meant to, on the gende swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A swollen red sun hung low against the western hills when the gates of the castle opened. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He bobs up and down in the water, his hands and feet shiny and swollen as if made of white rubber. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For five suns I could not go out because my leg had swollen so badly and I had no herbs with which to treat it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they saw my swollen upper lip and the scratches on my left cheek, they knew what the note said. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He caught his breath at sight of Bill’s face, which was swollen and beginning to grow discolored from a deep cut and many bruises. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Other times their numbers swelled, and I’d see men hanging out of the windows, relaxing on the roof, urinating against the nursery’s mural wall. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z My throat swells, and tears reach my eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Otto had grown a layer of soft black down, and his swollen malnourished belly had shrunk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Both his eyes were blackened, two dark pits in that grotesquely swollen face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But on the edge of a roaring creek, swollen with rain, she slipped. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Their souls are swollen with excitement, just waiting to erupt. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Although cedar does not expand or swell across the grain of the wood when wet, and thus tends not to warp, it does expand slightly along the grain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It appeared to be opening now; it must have been swollen completely shut yesterday. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then they look at my red, swollen cheek. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It was a swell place, a really swell place. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how long he’d been up there, but his foot was swollen and purplish and the white of his eyes was replaced by red, like the vessels had broken. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Anger flashed across her face like lightning and her nose, which tends to redden and swell in anger, blew up like a balloon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Both of us stayed out there anyway, dog-paddling and diving under swells and splashing water at each other and laughing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He looks at the ankle and it’s still swollen and he says okay. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When he laid the edge of the blade against the swollen throat of the creature on the straw, the skin split open in a gout of black blood and yellow pus. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And perhaps beyond those shrouded swells another man did walk with another child on the dead gray sands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And the humps moved and swelled till they burst, and the crumbled earth poured out of them, and from each hump there came out an animal. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z It rained so that I couldn’t see across the dorm circle, so that the lake swelled up and lapped against the Adirondack swing, swallowing half of the fake beach. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I feel a swell of homesickness as I hear the sound of the worn, rickety wood of that front step, creaking underneath us as we laugh and get close for the picture. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Her belly is still swollen from childbirth and her hair disheveled and her face weary without makeup. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The crow’s nest swells before me, envelops me, and I find myself splashing in bitter liquid. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I felt my face; it was bruised and swollen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bare legs and arms were bruised and scraped; one ankle was badly swollen and she favored it, limping to the table where Alys had set a bowl of porridge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When he was done, a long steady oceanic swell of exhaustion began to push him under. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For some reason, I felt a fresh swell of anger. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Director’s swollen lips curl back into a menacing smile. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His face was badly bruised and swollen, leaving purple splotches around his eyes and on one whole side of his face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There were shiners, split lips, swollen cheekbones, bruised arms, scraped knuckles, and bitten earlobes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it stopped for a few seconds, spread out and resettled its wings, then swelled its speckled breast and again burst into song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Now, go away before your whole face swells up!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The cool cloth felt good against my face, and even though my nose was thick and painful and my right eye was all swollen, I could tell that up front I’d sustained no serious injuries. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z My swollen face and mouth were still distorting my speech. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Ibis close, I see that his jaw juts out, making his swollen purple lips even more prominent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She did not want to see her mother’s empty face, her strange swollen body drained of color. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He pressed the cut on his swollen hand against his mouth and sucked it hard. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z It would make a swell souvenir, and it looked easy to reach. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z My words were blurry and muffled from the blood in my mouth and my split, swollen lips. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Derby looked down at her swollen belly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She removed it from the cage, rocked it in her arms, and with a missionary’s care managed to get water down his parched, swollen throat. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was blinded by the swell of hope and the promise of possibility. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z As my nose was still swollen and bloody I was excused Vespers. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Its left side, upon which it had lain in the coach, was swollen and dark with blood and fluids. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The gash swelled and bled badly, stopping only after I had swathed his forehead with pieces of rags. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The throbbing head, the swollen eyes, the tight, contracted throat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, her wrists were bruised and swollen. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The old warrior hymns swell in her heart. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His cheek is swollen, and one of his eyes is turning purple. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Its body started to swell in the usual way. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z And just as it swelled to the mightiest and most glorious sound it had yet produced, the sun arose. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Claude’s nose was swollen and bruised, and he winced every time he tried to talk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She simply sank to her side of the double bed and took off the offending shoes and began to rub her swollen feet. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were red and swollen, and she really was heartbroken. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Jordie’s body was beside him, barely recognizable, white and swollen with rot, floating on the surface like some kind of gruesome deep sea fish. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Folly Bridge had been swept away altogether, and the Thames was no longer a river but a swollen sea of gray turbulence sweeping from right to left and threatening to overwhelm La Belle Sauvage entirely. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z My throat tightened and my heart swelled painfully in my chest. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Looking at Rani, I can see that her anger that swelled up as fast as an ocean wave disappeared just as quickly. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The gulls circled them like feathered halos, until Turner shipped his oars and let the swells carry him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He didn’t see the towel around my jaw or notice my swollen face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was pointing out that we Robinsons had been reduced to a true and ridiculous mess—unrecognizable with our swollen eyelids and dripping noses, our hurt and strange helplessness here in our own kitchen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then June hiked up her skirts and showed him her swollen purple feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As the city’s population swelled, demand for apartments turned into “flat fever.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I was even more worried about the baby inside Mom’s swollen belly than I was about her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He remembered how the water kept rising, how a terrible stink began to swell up out of the earth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is swell, since I’m at the point in my career where I shouldn’t hire employees with peer. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The treasury swelled until it was like a hill of jewels. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “That,” said Donovan, bitterly, “is news to me. I was just beginning to have a very swell time, when you told me.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Her swollen face looked better, but in the bright of day I noticed purple bruises on her arms and legs as well. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was coated in mud, shaking with cold, and her knee was swollen and sore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On the third night, Mother tended him and I stood in the doorway, listening to his gasps, watching Mother watch him, her face hollow, her eyes swollen with worry and exhaustion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His heart swelled at the sight of the creature that was a myth to his people, and he laughed and shouted, “Go tell the Old One to come, you wind-worm!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The chromosomes inside the cells swelled and spread out, and for the first time, scientists could see each of them clearly. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z His nose was swollen and red from the bowstring that Nico had snapped in his face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The music swirls around me and sweeps me up and makes my heart swell with pride. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It had swelled even more quickly than I thought it would. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She presses her mouth to my cheek, and my heart swells, my chest aches. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He tried to make a friendly gesture to Hagrid as he passed, but Hagrid’s eyes were so swollen it was a wonder he could see where he was going. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The new sea ice hissed and creaked as it rose on the swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The noise virtually disappeared, the slamming stopped, and the Frog surfed down the long swells and waves so fast she sometimes showed close to ten knots on the speed indicator. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z So ran that craft and showed her heels to the swell, her bow wave riding after, and her wake on the purple night-sea foaming. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Reyna had stitched up the gashes on his biceps, which gave Nico a slightly creepy Frankenstein look, but the cuts were still swollen and red. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The next morning, I watched her wince as she spread a bright green herbal remedy on her face, which had been bruised to black, one eye swollen shut. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Our story was clearly written on my swollen face and your cut lip—but I didn’t want to tell her the details and risk her feeling even sorrier for us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But at that moment, I was wearing the dress to cook hot dogs, watching them swell and bob in the boiling water as the late-morning sunlight filtered in through the trailer’s small kitchenette window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z One side of her face was swollen, and her hair and hands were caked with dirt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z My throat swelled until it hurt, and tears stung the inside of my nose. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I curve my hands, poise them for just a second above the keys, feel a swell inside my chest, then my fingers take over. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z His arms were unusable, but he could still hold the knife in his swollen hands. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I sigh big and feel my body swell with hope about this new beginning. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The heat swells and gathers like a hot-air balloon up here, not exactly welcoming others. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her hands touched the swell beneath her breasts protectively as a roar went up from the Dothraki. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And when there was no planting, weeding, or harvesting to be done on the nearby farms, the number swelled to 260, bodies cramming the benches and overloaded desks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was all swelled up and felt as dead as a chunk of wood. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But he didn’t put his hand out yet, because as he watched, a whale five times as long as the dory surfaced, and rode quietly alongside him in the smooth swells. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I dive across the room, but with one eye swelled shut I have no depth perception and come up short. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “My mama’s feet used to swell like that,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard Mrs. King crying and Mr. King talking very loud, and Grace and Ellen turned away their faces when they passed me, so I shouldn’t see how red and swollen their eyes were. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like my fingers suddenly swelled to three times their size, like cooked sausages splitting their skin, as I tried to flip through them all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His foot and toes were swollen to twice their normal size. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had woken up with a high fever, and his eyelids were swollen shut. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Her hair is a tangled mess, and both of her eyes are blackened and swollen shut. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And then, suddenly, it all united and swelled into a great roar of laughter. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Fortunately for the slave, the creature's swollen state prevented the Firedrake from following him through the fissure in the rock. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the sharpest piece and cut into the swollen area of his foot, releasing far more fluid—clear, then white, then red—than he thought possible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Kira,” he said, though it was his mind that spoke, for his human voice was inaudible now and his mouth was painfully swollen with open sores. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Her mouth looked swollen and manly without lipstick. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And the talk would weave, roll, surge, spurt, veer, swell, having no specific aim or direction, touching vast areas of life, expressing the tentative impulses of childhood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She made no sound as she wept, as she bent to kiss Felicia’s eyes, her forehead, her swollen, hairless skull. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not even show me the welts on his back, the ones the doctor we bribed in told me were puffy and swollen like long sausages. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My face was swollen to the size of a melon. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ma’s face is red and swollen, and, as always, she is holding Geak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel the bandage touch the swollen area and immediately it gets cooler, immediately the pain starts to edge back, like it’s all being swept away by feathers. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “His hands and feet swell up and turn as black as pudding. The rest of him becomes as white as milk.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As the breeze freshened, small ripples became wavelets; the wavelets grew into swells. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen Isagol’s belly swell with his child, of course, but after she was delivered of it, she had never mentioned it again. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His liver was swollen and red and did not look healthy, but they could not find any sign of gallstones. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was meant for us: we had just fallen off the crest of a swell and were sinking down its back when its top was hit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He held his big, swollen scorpion bitten foot up in the air. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Indeed, I saw the old swollen Frau peeking from beneath her curtains when those Hitler Youth irritants arrived at my door and insisted on coming inside. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Calder’s head didn’t feel too swelled these days. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The swells grew in size at a regular rate, and the wind began to increase but started slowly and worked up at a steady, growing pace. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z To the west now was open ocean, the full sweep of the Pacific, and the boat pitched and rolled on a twelve-foot westerly swell. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was, for a moment, swollen in silence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As the coffin was loaded into the hearse, bee hum swelled and blended into the late-afternoon colors. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Their swollen abdomens seemed to glow with an evil, slow-murdering phosphorescence; their antennae drooped like wilted lettuce. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The priest could get a splinter that would make his tongue swell to the size of a turnip and that’s enough to choke you and kill you entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His words make my cracked heart swell a little. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I could hear her even over the musical swell right before the act break. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Next to him the swollen gutter ran like a stream, noisily; above it I could hear his hoarse breathing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was swollen, obsessed, and pale with a need for vengeance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And then there are my wounds to contend with -burns, cuts, and bruises from smashing into the trees, and three tracker jacker stings, which are as sore and swollen as ever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She couldn't look down at her own body but carefully moved her hands to rest there on what had been her own taut, swollen belly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She looks up, eyes swollen with grief, but doesn't speak. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hermione was having a lot of difficulty managing her knife and fork, her fingers were so stiff and swollen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Al’s eyes have shadows beneath them, and his face is swollen from crying. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Clusters of girls were closer to the road, playing oga and swell, clapping rhythmically as they hopped first on one leg and then the other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The injury to Booth’s leg had caused the tissue to swell up and create a seal that could not be broken without inflicting agony upon the patient and possibly worsening the injury. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The gash on his forehead was bandaged, the right side of his face bruised and swollen. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He turned his head toward me and peered at me through swollen eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z At the time Mudgett described this encounter in his memoir, he was sitting in a prison cell hoping to engineer a swell of public sympathy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The boom jerked back and forth, ropes flopped like sick snakes, the sails looked sloppy and loose, and she rolled from side to side on the smallest swell or wave like an old washtub. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And all around him the swells grew still, and the sea breeze quieted, and the perfect sky above him vaulted like a painted dome. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the tops of the swells were flattened somehow. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to touch that swollen, unnatural flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Claire and Maya look like they’re up to a serious conversation, but then Maya’s face breaks into a grin, and she looks so much like Melissa in that moment that Joaquin feels his chest swell. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They were swollen, faded, eaten by the salt air and the grit of sand, not to mention so many grubby, grabbing fingers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His foot was as dark and swollen as an eggplant. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Once the infection is in your bloodstream—Stop that makes no sense it’s not even red or swollen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The brook was swollen and Hazel’s ears could distinguish the deeper, smoother sound, changed since the day before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I folded my shawl double, and spread it over me for a coverlet; a low, mossy swell was my pillow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Her face is all puffy, her eyes are red and swollen shut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Three mice swelled Pax’s belly and a muskrat dangled from his mouth, his first large prey. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And after seeing everyone else, especially my father with his eyes red and face swollen from tears, I began to feel ashamed. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Her swollen feet ache against speckled gray linoleum. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It swelled up and broke through her clenched teeth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It looks swollen, as if every sad thing in the world has stuck to her bones. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Were our ranks not swelled every day by men crawling through the reeds, families arrived in boats, and victorious runaways bleeding in their shirts, we had been decimated. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z My stomach and feet swell as my bones protrude everywhere else. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The insects had made a meal out of their feet, causing them to swell up painfully. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z A sort of lightness swells in my chest, and I think it’s something like hope. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His eyes were red and a little swollen, but there was still a touch of wonder in his voice. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And the only pictures she posted online were of Kahlo, one of her cats, and her swollen toe after she stubbed it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z "I think he's drunk. Look at how his face is swollen." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But her ankles had swollen, her head hurt, and the heartburn was vicious that day. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The thing was white, and huge, and swollen. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z His glasses were off and his eyes looked swollen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Terror swelled inside him, and he clutched the fan someone had given him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It made his heart swell, as if he were going to suffocate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But his eyes were swollen, and when he raised himself, blood still flowed from his nose. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Her once-beautiful eyes bulge from her head, slightly bruised and almost swollen shut. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The skin under my jaw felt swollen and tender. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I realize I must be purple and swollen, too, for him to look so satisfied. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The cut on her cheek had stopped bleeding, but the skin was still red, swollen. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then she pressed her shoulders back so that her breasts swelled forth, and looking from Hamlet to Horatio, she sighed at length. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He raised one hideously swollen arm and looked listlessly at the pus that seeped through the fabric of his sleeve. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z They entered the shopping district, where the crowd swelled between the trees lining the broad avenues of white stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The song swelled up from his wings and filled the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It is beautiful to look at the boat, lit only by the compass light and the moon off the sails as she glides up and over the slow swells. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It’s much worse than it was this morning, not surprisingly, and is swollen to twice its normal size. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then a breeze would move her bright hair, or she would raise her eyes, and Adam would swell out in his stomach with a pressure of ecstasy that was close kin to grief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The ship bucked on swells, dove and slammed into anvils of water. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My leg had swelled up till it was about the size of a butter churn. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It is still quick and swollen from the previous night’s rain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We hit a swell and the ship rides high, and then dips low. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The crowd surrounding the Commons had swelled to include the entire army and every soul in the city except for Madam and Becky. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and women with hunched shoulders, swollen knuckles, many who have long since stopped trying to scrub the coal dust out of their broken nails, the lines of their sunken faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That part of his head, between his neck and ear, was con-siderably swollen. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Then, with barely enough room to turn around, they wormed themselves into the sleeping bags and attempted to sleep as the boat bucked up and down through the heavy swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The noise in the synagogue had become very loud, almost a din, and the room seemed to throb and swell with the scraping chairs and the talking men. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “The heart swells at the magnificence,” Buttercup’s father muttered very loudly. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He glanced at his wrists, red and scabbing; his back was stiff; his legs were sore; his fingers were swollen, but not broken. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After the soak, the swollen kernels are ground in a mill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Intended to right the wrongs of years of exclusion, the programs have swelled the number of women, blacks, and Latinos on campuses. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t permit this opportunity to slip through his swollen fingers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The room had elegant floor-to-ceiling windows through which you could see the wide lawns of Grant Park and, beyond that, the white-capped swells of Lake Michigan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His leg was swollen to the point that the skin was about to split along the lines where he’d torn into it, up the length of his shin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The ankle was swollen and soft to the touch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z You know how if a cow ain’t stripped proper she gets a swollen bag and sore tits? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It doesn’t help that last night’s bout of crying made my eyes swell. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Only swollen bodies making their way to the shore, carried on the drifting surf. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her lips were swollen, and her eyes seemed wilder than usual. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When I finish, my eyes are swollen, but Cook's mangled face reveals nothing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She watched a moment and then laid her rosy hand on the woman’s swollen belly. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The mountain seemed to swell and break, tossing the man so he reeled and rolled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Way off into the distance, as far as they could see, the land lay in rolling swells, with clumps of shadow in the low places between them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One eye was crusted over and swollen shut. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z They were swollen and puffy, fat looking, as if they were pregnant. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the terrible night of the ants, Mother had been creeping her remorse in flat-footed circles around me without ever speaking of it, wearing her guilt like the swollen breasts of a nursing mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When my eyes were all swollen and my nose was completely stopped up, I heard my door open. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His jaw chums and swells with each word, faster, until Celia feels the warm breeze of his breath on her face. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her foot is swollen again, an ugly deep red. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z A sudden dislike for the guy swelled up inside him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Hello, Caden,” her head says as it tumbles in the aftermath of a sudden swell. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The way is littered with hundreds of dead soldiers, their unburied bodies swollen by death and sometimes stripped bare by scavengers. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The atrocities were countless: At Concord Bridge, a Patriot boy swollen with ire saw that a Redcoat had not died with sufficient haste, and as the man screamed, scalped him with an axe. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Also, it bled around the bottom and his jaw was swollen. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z No one noticed a Tittle boy of about Blanca’s age who was standing there with a runny nose, his naked belly swollen with parasites. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to eat, to put a hand to a swollen belly, to wish that she’d never eaten a morsel and swear that she’d never eat again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A wall of humans swells toward us with squealing children leading the way, yanking their parents forward by the hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The sounds of automatic weapons seemed to be a rippling that swelled from somewhere. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The swells at first seemed to be the same as the day before, but when he looked more closely he could tell the difference. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Her arms dosed over the swell of her belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She would spread her hands out big to show me how his leg swelled up just overnight. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think he just drowned, like a few hours ago. He doesn’t smell and he’s not swollen.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The three dogs raced alongside the swollen river. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Church bells rang, and the air in the room seemed to swell. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He knelt beside his mother and buried his face in her swollen hand, but the stench threw him back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t nm in the relay, and the left side of his jaw was purple and swollen. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The police handcuffed the skinny men with swollen faces; they pushed and kicked them up the crumbling clay sides of the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They circled overhead a half-dozen times in arcs that took in the entire breadth of the docks, then settled on the swells to seaward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His face, and especially his left temple, was misshapen, swollen, and lacerated; his...mouth was a coagulated pool of dark blood; he coughed up more than liter of blood in his agonal moments. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Darkness swells in my blood as though great black wings beat inside me and above me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She would eat any small thing, a piece of pasta, and her stomach would swell to double its original size. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A meal was out of the question: the water was gone, and their mouths and tongues were so swollen with thirst that they could hardly swallow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Turner’s arms felt strong against the long, smooth swells, so low they were not breaking, the sea the color of the inside of a mussel shell. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Blowing rain lashed at Jon's face as he spurred his horse across the swollen stream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I shook his swollen hand, and then he shook hands with Augustus. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She has her makeup on, but her eyes look puffy, her face swollen. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Little thump as the swell pushes the big fish up against the back of the skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z On those nights, the silence of the street is swollen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Other examples of modifiers include the underlined words in the phrases walks on four legs, swollen feet, met him on the road to Thebes, and the shepherd whom Oedipus had sent for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Then he sat down, rubbing his swollen stomach, and went to sleep. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z At this point in the recital Boori Ma’s ears started to burn; a pain chewed through her swollen knee. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The sound swelled as he walked from the stable to the house. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My feet swell big and heavy like plungers, but I drag them across the linoleum floor straight center where Uncle wants to show off the new dance we learned. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When I awoke the next morning, my neck was bruised and my wrist swollen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I thought it was accidental and went on: "She's been there two years and knows everything there is to know about the town. She's a swell girl." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A hundred oarsmen and sailors went down with Lord Steffon Baratheon and his lady wife, and for days thereafter every tide left a fresh crop of swollen corpses on the strand below Storm's End. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The staff swelled with scientists and technicians recruited from Livermore and the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Coming around to the front again, I lifted her swollen, blue-veined feet into the sudsy water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The left side of Mr. Sir's face had swollen to the size of half a cantaloupe. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Squinting down at Jorgenson’s position, I felt a swell of immense power. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The chupacabras’s mordida had left three ugly lacerations two inches above her ankle, on the outside of her leg, so both her ankle and calf were swollen to twice their normal size. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The flesh on my feet is so swollen it glistens as if it will pop open. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then when he thought of the weary painted woman and her thick lips, his heart swelled with sickness and anger and he sat there muttering to himself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Out of the darkness swelled a familiar figure, wholly out of place in Faraday’s neighborhood. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The sea, visible ahead of her in a gray swathe only a few shades darker than the sky, moved in giant, undulating swells. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His mouth had swollen into a shapeless cherry-colored mass with a black hole in the middle of it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The swollen flesh of Muzzen’s face quivered, and Nina thought he might be trying to smile. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Raheem fingered the bruise along his jaw, which had begun to swell. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z On January 6, 1884, Mendel died of kidney failure in Brno, his feet swollen with fluids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I’d been born with the kind of biceps and muscled calves that, back in third grade, had earned me the nickname swoldger—a cross between swollen and soldier. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She told only of the happy things—how handsome Papa had been—how wise Mama was—what a swell brother Neeley was, and how cute her baby sister was. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I skipped it across the water, watched it disappear into a little crumbling swell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Dain’s being named as the High King will kick off a month of revelry, while the moon wanes and then swells anew. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The backs of his hands were puffy and his eyes were almost swollen shut from the mosquitos, and he saw everything through a narrow squint. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z As the men struggled out of their tents, they saw two cracks running through their floe; the edges rose and fell in a strong swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Sissy brought Francie a present, a corncob pipe that you blew into and a rubber hen popped up and swelled over the pipe bowl. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was disfigured now, swollen from bites that oozed a dark fluid. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Every touchable surface was a disease waiting to happen, every speck of dust an allergen poised to swell your nose and clog your ducts, every toothbrush bristle a bacterial playground. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Charley came bawling into the yard and his face was so swollen that the tears could hardly squeeze out of his eyes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she swallowed, and her chest swelled with pride. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She folded her arms across the swell of her belly, protectively. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The road ahead of us is long and straight, marked with cracks and swollen patches. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She moaned a little, massaging her swollen leg. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My father’s feet had started to swell for no obvious reason. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It swelled into a great babble of speech from many throats. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Among them were two nanny goats with swollen udders. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The additional heat made the dark fog boil faster, and it swelled until the flames were licking toward the top of the waist-high lip of the firewell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His split lip was beginning to swell painfully. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z As I moved, sounds of distant gunshots and screeching swelled and then subsided. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She thought how she might describe it, the way they bobbed on the illuminated water’s gentle swell, and how their hair spread like tendrils and their clothed bodies softly collided and drifted apart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But it was more than the natural swell of parental pride that stirred inside him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The room begins to swell as more girls file in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I shouted, and my cheeks swelled up so much they blocked my vision, but in my mind I could see myself running free all over Norvelt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her face is swollen and she looks like she has not slept all night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bo’s left eye was swollen shut, like a piece of fruit that had been left in the sun to spoil. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Sometime in the late 1920s, after extraordinarily heavy rains, swollen streams running off the nearby mountains backed up into a ravine, then exploded over the banks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In that dim light, it took her several seconds to recognize it for what it was: the thing was pale and swollen like a grub, with thin, sticklike arms and feet. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z That moment it breaks out behind us, swells, roars, and thunders. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “This, sir, was purple: the lips were swelled and dark; the brow furrowed: the black eyebrows widely raised over the bloodshot eyes. Shall I tell you of what it reminded me?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Worst of all, the flesh on the palms of my hands was peeled, swollen, and blistered. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He glimpsed black hands buried in white fur, swollen dark fingers tightening around his direwolf's throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tendai saw a swollen eye and a bandage over one ear: it was the owner of the Blue Monkey. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I reached up and fingered the split lip, the swollen eye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Harry clutched at his excruciatingly painful face, which felt unrecognizable beneath his fingers, tight, swollen, and puffy as though he had suffered some violent allergic reaction. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A windsock at the end of the field, swollen with moderate gusts, pointed like an absurd finger past the control tower and to the far runway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t as swollen as before, but it had taken on a yellow tint from my assortment of fading bruises. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The color drained from her face, and her tongue seemed to swell. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Outside, a grandstand swollen with spectators awaited him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Milkman’s neck had swollen so it was difficult for him to lower his chin without pain. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The veins in his sweaty palms were hard and swollen and painful. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z In one, he was bare-chested with the slight swell of a middle-aged belly, reclining on Ranyinudo’s bed, smiling the bashful smile of a man just sated from sex. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As she applied the compress to her swollen, split lip, she scolded me for not scraping candle wax that had dripped on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My tongue felt so swollen that I couldn’t talk. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Looking at her image in the mirror, she stared at her swollen eyes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The raft pltmged on across the light swells throughout the long night I do not think he slept much during the night, but I'd been told that old people didn’t sleep much anyway. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But nothing could stop it from leaking past his teeth and swollen parched tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Then glares at me through a red swollen cheek and her own puffy black eye. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The eunuch rubbed his swollen stomach, crisscrossed with old white scars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even when he was a tiny boy with a head swollen with fat champagne-colored curls, and ate the pieces of cake she held out to him, her smile was more amusement than pleasure. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His belly was swelled up as tight and round as a pumpkin. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He shot a glance at his mother and her face was unrecognizable, swollen and battered and twisted into a grimace of pain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Johnny’s chest swelled with emotion and his eyes were wet. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were swollen and she held a handkerchief to her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It rolled away into the grass, leaving a flailing stump, which immediately stopped bleeding and began to swell like a balloon. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z His upper lip was so swollen he could hardly get his mouth shut. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A CAT scan was taken of her head, which showed that her injuries could cause her brain to swell. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On one long operation, Allen was burning up with thirst, his mouth parched dry, his tongue swollen. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The fishing-boats are racing for home, and rise and dip in the ground swell as they sweep into the harbour, bending to the scuppers. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Then sent a long swell running under a norther to bear the prince Odysseus, back from danger, to join the Phaiakians, people of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The hitch in his breath and his slightly swollen lips and knowing I’m the one who made both of those things happen. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Now he stood at the window of the nursery, his armpits still rank with fear, his right cheek roughened by his fall on the ice and his lower lip swollen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He looked again at the swells, studied them. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The night of the accident, Seward’s face swelled so badly that his children could barely recognize him, and the blood pouring through his nose almost suffocated him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A salivary gland in front of Garfield's right ear swelled. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The crowd swelled forward moments later when two deputies opened the doors. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The white cotton curtains swell and sway, the folds rippling slightly. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z For precious seconds he stood, the cut line of swells moving toward him, stood and stared in disbelief. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a tap on the door and Thelma came in, her eyes swollen and her nose red. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They kept their heads down and entered the swell of people filling the rotunda, ignoring the Zemeni fawn who tried to direct them to the other side of the room. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That would have been a swell strategy, too, if it hadn’t been the windiest day of the whole year. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When the mercury dropped, the bladder was left behind and swelled up as if it had been pumped full of air. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One of his eyes was swollen shut, and his nose was thick and purple. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Its body was wrinkled and swollen, filling out a tunic that had been too large before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As they moved slowly down the path the wrongness of it all swelled inside Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo helped her with a lever, and the enormous swollen body gave a turn like a bell and was dragged away by the torrent of liquid mud. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He thought of the baby growing and moving in his wife’s swollen belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When I tell him about the colored maids filing past me after the prayer meeting, I feel a swell of pride over what we’ve done. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My eye pained and swelled with each throb of my pounding heart and I wondered if now I would be allowed to speak. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Around her, the spirit music began to swell. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I thought the swollen feeling in my throat would go away once he was dead, but it didn’t. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We stood on the bank and watched the moving pockets of light, letting the water sounds swell up around us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z David could never get over the size of it, the feel of the swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence swells between us and it’s warm and comforting. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Because he works all day packaging candy, he always has problems with his body—cuts, back pains, glue burns, and swollen legs, just to name a few. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Lewis’s left eye is swollen shut and blood drips onto his shirt from a slash on his cheek, but he refuses to go to the hospital. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z If that happened, my head would swell up like a balloon and I would die in a few days. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The glove swelled up like a water balloon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was flushed and her eyes were pink and swollen. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His face was swollen and his head look liked a pumpkin, too large and heavy for the slender stem it grew from. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rydell stepped out of the shadows, and in the light from the corner streetlight I could see his face was bruised and swollen; blood was splattered down the front of his T-shirt. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Dicey promised herself this was the last time she’d cry, ever, and wept until her eyes were swollen shut and she slept. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up, and he noticed, first, that her eyes were swollen and raw, and then he saw the wounded rage in them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Celia’s kitchen door was in constant use, but it swelled up on damp days and then you had to force it open with your shoulder. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His nose is swollen and bruised, and his upper lip has a nasty cut. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, looking down at the melting ice cap, the flooded lowland forests, the swollen sea, she felt heartsick. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The blows to her face had left one eye swollen shut and performed a gross injury to her temple. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I sometimes saw her eyes swollen with tears. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Greece swells to a dark shape on the horizon. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z His hair flops forward, and he brushes it back with a swollen hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Although demographic shifts were a normal part of life in America at the time, the population swell experienced by the North End made it one of the busiest and liveliest places in the nation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The next day in the mill, the noise was just as jarring and her feet in Triphena’s old boots swelled just as large, but now and again she caught herself humming. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The donkey’s foreleg looked swollen at the ankle, so I crouched to inspect it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He passed people with horrible burns, their faces swollen, their blackened skin hanging in strips. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “So are you the one who has been painting with Rei's dad? Man, you're like the luckiest person alive,” a stocky boy with red curls says, his face swollen with awe. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The wind was blowing them hard now, and the great gasbag swelled and billowed in the gusts. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the sound swelled in my consciousness like a dull headache. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hyacinth was a sad sight, with her blotchy face and swollen eyes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Not that I could talk much, because my lips were swollen and there was blood all over my mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Yet even with her food, my face swelled and my belly stuck out, something that often happens to starving children. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Donna covers the left side of her face again with her fake hair, I see the swollen scratch marks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Still, I could see that their faces were swollen and bloody. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The tsetses swelled up with blood until they looked ready to burst. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Between her legs, sparse hair clings to a swell of flesh. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the stitches, up close, black thread surrounded by swollen purple. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember feeling a tingle in my spine, but I was too drugged to really feel the pain, even though my foot had begun to swell. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His face began to swell with fury and his cheeks blew out until they looked like two huge ripe tomatoes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The intensity of the song swells, though Aquilla keeps her voice low, as if she doesn't want to be heard. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Jesper looked at the gray swells of the sea, marching to the horizon in endless formation. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a resemblance, maybe, but where Linda had always been very slender and fragile-looking, almost skinny, the body in that casket was fat and swollen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the fight-or-flight reflex swell up in me over and over again, but I knew that neither fight nor flight had ever worked for me before. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He felt as though he had swelled up to the size of a giant. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Like entering a ghost town, images of Keav telling Pa she will survive, Kim’s swollen cheeks, my hand reaching into the rice container, earthworms writhing in a bowl float before my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A cortege of guards in dress whites came through, followed by a handful of sorry-looking boys, their skulls visible under their shaven heads, their eyes big and scared, their faces swollen with bruises. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had pitied her, watching her belly swell, knowing that her rat of a boyfriend had taken off and left her high and dry. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His veins had swelled with the effort of the cough, and the varicose ulcer had started itching. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Ten minutes in the swells and sailors were bending over and regurgitating the beef stew and instant mashed potatoes of that evening’s dinner onto the ridged metal floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Popo had swollen up like an overripe squash, so full her flesh had gone soft and rotten with a bad smell. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd swelled to more than a hundred. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His arms, poisoned by the sap, had festered and were seeping, swollen, and hot. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Tears come to her eyes, because she is looking at my own eyes, swollen and bloody. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That Apartment A sounded swell on the telephone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His left eye is swollen and water, maybe tears, is running out of the right one. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z His eye and cheek were swollen and his lip split open. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The red light swelled and I saw two scrivs turn a corner. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A hundred minutes and there was still a lot of water in the cabin—the boat didn’t even feel much lighter, still lay heavily in the shallow swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z By then the honking had swollen to a steady blare, and the blue pickup truck was screeching to a stop. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the casualties was a stone-crab boat called the Molly Bell, which was tom from her anchorage and swept up a swollen tidal creek, where she wallowed and sank from sight. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He bought several tanks of fuel and some stores, and set off up the swollen river. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a swell came up that was particularly intent on taking us along. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z My voice is shaky as the anger in my belly swells. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Liam’s face turned in my direction, and for the first time, I realized he was actually awake—his eyes were swollen shut. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But Benny-boy had a short memory, and after he had relieved his swollen bladder, he went out to play with his friends. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, after the initial excitement of the ocean swell, the men began to grow even more restless. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Someone is shouting his name, but Werner does not turn; he would like nothing more than to stand here all morning and watch the swells move under the light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But in the end she offered him a tiny smile, and this was enough to make the young man swell with pride at the fine service he had provided that day. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The liver was swollen, and she noticed some blood in the intestines. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Rio Bravo, as it is called here, is swollen with rain, a torrent of water coursing toward the Gulf of Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My jaw is swollen, and fingernail marks are still on my arms. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In his exuberance, he swelled up to his former gigantic size. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z With every flap of her arms, her body swelled, till she and the train were the same size, and me caught between. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I flinched at the crack of the coachman’s whip, my swollen throat tightening uncontrollably. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Hundreds covered Cole’s exposed skin, their tiny torsos swollen with blood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She looks closer at the area around my swollen eye and then cuts off a piece of bandage with the little scalpel. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It swelled during the opening bars to cover all other sounds in the gym. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z When they headed back to camp, Cole’s face was swollen, and he hugged at his sore ribs with an elbow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Her belly was swollen with the kittens she’d have in just a few days. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I stare at her, at her eyeliner-streaked face and her swollen eyes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Feeling a swell of nausea, Louie slowed and slid out a bit, and the stench dissipated. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I was still flushed and swollen, but at least I no longer looked completely crazed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Her hands shook as she poured rice into the boiling water and, as she watched the narrow basmati grains begin to swell, she wondered if they were failing at this, their reconciliatory meal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But I had a mind to make his eye swell up like one with a good swift punch. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Not only did a lot of Marines get malaria, there was also this disease carried by insects that made your arms and legs swell up. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A second swell of excitement grew in his belly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had his own wine, prepared by Maester Myles and well laced with poppy juice to ease the agony in his swollen joints. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then the crowd fell silent as music swelled from what seemed to be the golden balloons. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This time, it came forth in a swell, surging through her so fast her knees buckled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her hands, folded together in her lap, had long pallid fingers, with swollen knuckles and tough yellow nails. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The wings lifted and dipped in the blustering wind like a motorboat riding swells. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But Frankie did hear about the party and he heard about the presents and a feeling of fullness swelled in him and a feeling of sick longing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped off the blood, but it was still swollen twice its normal size. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The noise swelled to a steady rumbling roar, a great heady stew of sound. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Things about their fathers and their fathers’ fathers, things about justice and honor and lawful revenge—their throats swollen, their eyes rolling like a newborn colt’s, sweat running down their shoulders. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure my face is a swollen splotchfest, and my boots are muddy, and my hair’s completely undone. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The surge and swell of an oily sea. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa thought it was a really swell idea. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Cutwater had begun gnawing away at a roasted pheasant, and his cheek swelled out as if he had a monstrous toothache. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Bloke got stung by a jellyfish and his whole leg swelled up like a dirigible. They had to cut his leg clean off to save him.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Keenan rubs the stubble on his face, and my unease swells. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Their faces were swollen, many to the point of being unrecognizable. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I heard the cracking of her swollen joints. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Major Major grew despondent as he watched simple communications swell prodigiously into huge manuscripts. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The pain in me swells, and when I blink, I’m sinking in water, blue and clear, turning gray and brown the deeper I go, bubbles rising and tickling my skin like the fluttering of wings. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “And a manure pile under the window. Sure, it’s swell.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z By now the people upon the road had swollen to such great numbers, the press became intense. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The city swelled by the hour with Loyalist refugees who wanted to live under the protection of British cannons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She was reading a magazine, her swollen feet propped up on a cushion. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Dany stroked the swell of her belly gently, wishing she could reach him, touch him, soothe him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her face—as beautiful as a blooming flower to him now—was distorted with a new kind of torture, the tissues serenely swollen, her half-closed eyes misty and unseeing with the stultifying languor of desire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Blunt’s round face swelled and turned red. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Half of Chicago’s 185 active firefighters had spent all of Saturday night fighting a major fire, and many had come away with blistered skin, swollen eyes, and smoke-congested lungs. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z "Just swollen," said Bud, pressing the ice bag against them. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A swell of salt water washed over the bow, dousing Coach Hedge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But all this time, just as a drop of water slowly swells until it is heavy enough to fall from a twig, the idea of what they meant to do was becoming clear and unanimous. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had a sudden and vivid mental image of a great swollen spider, spinning a web around it, twitching a thread here and there to bring its large and juicy flies a little closer. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Lower down, his neck was peculiarly swollen, his throat collared in bruises, the traces of a gun butt. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Bast tended to their needs, explaining his master’s knee was swollen quite badly and he didn’t feel up to taking the stairs so early in the day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Pus-yellow pools girdled her scabbed nose, and her swollen lips were fenced with mean rows of brackish stitches. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When she rode close, she saw dead men hanging from the battlements, slumped at the ends of long ropes with hempen nooses tight around their necks, their faces swollen and black. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I let the quiet swell between us for a moment. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z If her life had been a movie, this was where the reflective, orchestral music would swell. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There’s a swell of movement out the back to the atrium, and we let it pass us. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The church members felt the challenge and the volume of song swelled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s less swollen today, but the bruise is red-blue and dark. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z My injured leg feels like it could burst right out of my bandages and swell to the size of the roof. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He removed the bandage and his stomach turned over at the sight of the swollen festering arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They swelled and ached to the point where I could hardly read or keep them open for long, especially in light. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers were swollen red, toughened by housecleaning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I glance at her baby bump, shaking my head as a surprising swell of contempt fills my chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The vein in his forehead swelled, his face was dusky red. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Her knees and her hips and her elbows and her ankles and each bone in her swollen feet hurt and hurt and hurt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Westley was beginning to swell slightly now from all the pumping. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z At last the kernels of corn began to swell, and they swelled and swelled until their skins split open and began to peel off. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not known, until she had both experienced and observed it, that human females swelled and grew and reproduced. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Overhead, thunderheads formed, dark and swollen as blood blisters. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The pain swelled out of his head, pounding through his ears until it hit his belly, and waves of nausea surged up. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z From where the sleeves ended, her soft arm-flesh swelled and dropped over her dimpled elbows in a sumptuous bulge. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she looks at her swollen, red hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Other faces are swollen, waxy, and bloated, resembling a fat Buddha, except they don’t smile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I talked until my tongue bled, my jaw gave out, and my throat swelled up in protest. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Both had swollen faces, eyes red from crying, and rumpled clothes from the long train ride. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was swollen and the area around her right eye was the black-purple shade of an overripe avocado. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My body grows round again with recovered health, and my belly swells more than the rest of me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her cheeks were scratched and bleeding, her lips were swollen, her clothes were torn, her hair stuck out in all directions, and on top of this she was streaked with mud. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But there was a swell of noisy outrage from other people in the crowded street, and the little gang of thugs laughed again and moved on. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And nobody seemed to mind she wasn’t there, especially not Mama and Aunt Loma, who got busy giving out thread samples and candy and had a swell time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Even his good right eye was swollen shut, from where he’d wiped his brow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Edna came in crying, her eyes swollen red, to tell her that white people had bombed the black Baptist church in her hometown. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I feel the ship rise and fall, riding a slow, powerful swell. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He felt swollen with all the words he wanted to shout at them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked quickly at the sea, saw that the swells were still rolling toward the Frog in long, oily moves, and turned away. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We rose and fell over the swells of a larger boat, but I kept my eyes on the trees. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her curly hair had lost its sheen and hung around her swollen face like a dull curtain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, stooping forward, she dangled the spoon over my mother’s swollen belly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In truth, its population had swelled to the size of a little town. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Shae sat cross-legged in the canopied bed, nude but for the heavy golden chain that looped across the swell of her breasts: a chain of linked golden hands, each clasping the next. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was no difference when they were swollen and covered with flies. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She lifted a swollen face from the crook of her arm. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Each stocking, hanging from the fireplace and swollen fat as sausages, could not have held another item. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Two students—young women, one of them Carmela—sat near a door, tears streaming down their swollen faces. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His face was swollen from the mosquitoes in the night, his eyes puffy and shut, and Brian used his T-shirt to wipe cool water on Derek’s face. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The right side of his lip is swollen and bruised. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z At Benares station, Sonia asks her father to buy her a slice of jack- fruit, which makes her lips itch unbearably, then swell to three times their size. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z An icy current wove through the air, carrying along with it hollow sighs and a swell of dull mutterings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Every time it rained, the plasterboard ceiling would get all swollen and heavy, with water streaming steadily from the center of the bulge. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He plunged away into the deep sea swell, and she grew big with Pelias and Neleus, powerful vassals, in their time, of Zeus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a gathering: the ferocious swell of a wave before it breaks. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z That was one of the swell things you could count on. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Maybe you thought I was your sister,” Max murmurs from the bed, his swollen eyes barely opening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her eye was bruised, yellow and purple, still swollen, though not as grotesquely as yesterday. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her pop-eyed face was purple, and her monstrously swollen tongue was hanging from her mouth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The road ahead of us shimmers in the heat, and the dust swells are everywhere, burning my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Setting it on the table, she dipped in a crisp cloth and started gently wiping my swollen lips and dabbing around my eye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She says there’s so much water that the trees grow very tall and the leaves swell with moisture. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like the victim of a famine—limbs like sticks, swollen knees and knobby elbows, rags for clothes, broken fingernails and toenails. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My eye still roved over the sullen swell and along the moor-edge, vanishing amidst the wildest scenery, when at one dim point, far in among the marshes and the ridges, a light sprang up. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He had a bruise under one eye—when he prodded it, experimentally, with one finger, he found it hurt deeply—and a swollen lower lip. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He is also one of those people who are good at everything they do, but you do not hate him for this, because it does not swell his head to the size of a watermelon. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Goddard stormed away, letting his robe swell behind him like a cape. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Every morning a snowy avalanche of manuscripts swelled the dust-gray piles in the office of the Fiction Editor. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Their cells grew in size, being swollen with chromosomes which doubled in number. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The man in the white apron opened the door of an immense refrigerator and withdrew a tray on which lay an old, swollen, bluish corpse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His head was thumping and the side of his face was swollen where Mr. Grin had hit him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Whatever else we were getting into as the weeks passed one another and my body swelled like a slow flesh balloon, it was not a joke. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In two or three weeks towering clouds with swollen purple bottoms would rise out of the east. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But I saw that Fifth Wife had a swollen face like mine. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled over and faced the wall, my eyes swollen and my head heavy and aching. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He has trouble walking; his right foot is swollen from a fall he’d had back in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The fruits swell and burst crimson and the tree shrivels and dies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because if you do, your whole arm will swell up and turn black and drop right off. So don’t scratch it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Our ranks swelled with youths who didn’t attend school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not tied her wrapper over her nightdress, and I could make out the downward slope of her breasts, the slight swell of her belly underneath the sheer fabric. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a pause; the Frog rolled in the swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey was frightened, with a fear that swelled up deep within her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A heel-shaped bruise darkened one shoulder and his hand was all swollen and I guess he looked tougher than normal, or maybe just more damaged. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Meggie saw that the old woman’s legs were swollen above her ankles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I never once heard him complain of anything, not even his bare feet, which were always swollen and must have pained him constantly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As the alarm spread that morning, their numbers were steadily swelled by groups of militia from the surrounding towns. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The roar of the crowd swelled up to the ceiling—a terrible thunder of shouting and stomping and mad laughter—and then it broke across the room like a flood. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “The sea boiled with waves, fierce winter swells. Seven nights you swam, so people say.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She does not know which ones, until they are on the tip of her tongue and it is too late, her lips swell, her skin itches, her eyes water with allergic reaction tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Away to the north, close to two or three miles distant, the swells looked strange. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z These good souls worked with people whose legs were swollen to the size of tree trunks, whose numb limbs had become as twisted as jungle vines. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet are swollen in her bedroom slippers. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Everything on her body is the same except her stomach is huge and swollen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Bliss’s infected finger became so swollen and sore that he had to keep his arm in a sling. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The next morning Deborah’s hives had gone down some, but her eyes were still swollen, so she decided she needed to go home to see her doctor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Her face was puffy and her eyes swollen red. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face in the dirt, her flesh swollen and cut. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s impossible not to feel a rush as the noise fills your ears, throbs and swells, pulls you into motion, so you’re not flexing your own muscles as much as riding the roar. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The song swells, pushes through woods and sky, and they’re singing now as if by some lunatic theory they had won. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to laugh about it, for here we were: man and swollen wife and no more room at the inn. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Music swells and droplets of sweat rain down onto the keyboard as he sits at his laptop, frantically pawing for answers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Roy watched as a vein in Mr. Muckle’s neck swelled up and began to pulse like a garden hose. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Work fills the landscape; coworkers swell to the size of family members or serious foes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A bubble of hope swelled in my mind. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His skin had become swollen and puffy, burning with a fiery itch. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He took her swollen wrist in his hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes closed up tightly, and her swollen lips clamped shut. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Their numbers would continue to swell, one hoped; more ships were straggling in every day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her brood patch was swollen and soft with a jellylike fluid. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z By that time the arm had swelled up considerably, to the point that the forearm pads he wore had to be cut off, and unwillingly he went to the hospital. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This swollen, bloated, blue thing with the dead, dead skin is not anyone I know or recognize. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z All that day, all that night they went driven by the powerful wind of magery over the great swells of ocean, eastward. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Hassan's lower lip was hideously busted—he looked like he was chewing a fat wad of tobacco—and his right eye was very nearly swollen shut. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I think about the thick, knotty hair on his chest, and the two big swells his breast muscles make. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z His dry, swollen tongue felt stuffed into his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z One day Don Julio, who already looked like a boxer who had taken too many hits, came home bloodied and bruised, his eyes lost behind swollen cheeks and nose. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I meet Mom’s gaze, her eyes that are mirror images of my own, and feel a swell of love for her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z That even this narrow hallway of a shop could be appropriated as the numbers swell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We tore at the water and sputtered and choked as black swells slapped our faces. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z So even BaiMa was eager when the city began to swell in the distance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The ferret gingerly touched the tip of his swollen nose. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The pain in her hands was abated, and it seemed to her that her fingers were straighter, the knuckles not so swollen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My throat swells as he looks into my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Something huge and hot swelled right Up inside of him, and if he hadn’t jumped out of the chair and walked away, he would have smacked her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z As the crowds of children swelled, firefighters continued to aim their thick hoses at the young protestors. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The veins along his arms and neck swelled. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I feel swelled up for a second, knowing something that she doesn’t. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Fifty minutes later, the bell rings, and Tiny follows me out into the hallway like a swollen shadow, saying, "Seriously, come on, this is ridiculous." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The bruised flesh was inches in diameter over his right ribs, with a swollen and bloody scar where the spear had hit him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it’s from my swollen face or because feelings inside me threaten to leak out. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z His face looked swollen already, with pus-tipped rashes spread across every inch, but it seemed to be swelling even more. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His head was misshapen, one cheek grotesquely swollen, his neck so engorged with blood that it threatened to swallow his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If that weren’t trial enough, a few hours of standing in her proud new boots and her feet had swollen so that the laces cut into her flesh. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z By the time we reached Dora’s house our hands were chapped from carrying our bulging burlap bags, and our feet were sore and swollen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My eye is starting to swell some and I notice a gap on the side of my mouth where I lost a few teeth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He puts his hands on my belly, which is swollen and hard. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat with Rowan, spoon-feeding him soup, and blotting where it spilled from his split, swollen lips. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The river was at its flood stage and swollen with muddy waters and debris, and so as I crossed the narrow, wooden bridge my attention was drawn to the raging waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to feel the past once again, to bridge the gap to that time forty years earlier when the slithery moves of Santone Townsend had swelled their hearts like nothing else. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain seems to swell like a sponge in water. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Her hands are a stranger’s, swollen and coarse, her fingernails dirty. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, I didn’t go to practice because my ankle had swelled to the size of a softball. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The congregation gathered around the coffin, and the yellow church swelled like a throat with the sound of sad singing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was around the same time that the piano’s close relative the organ also mastered the art of volume control, thanks to a device called a ‘ratchet swell pedal’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His hands and arms were so swollen he couldn’t move, and his legs wouldn’t even carry him. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Then, taking a deep breath, letting the air swell her chest, she belted out, “Sweet pea, sweet pea, sweeeeeeet pea!” as if “sweet pea” was somebody far away she was hollering at. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Part of me was sad to hear it, but pride also swelled up in me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He saw Birdie in school, of course, but she only glared at him in the hallways, swollen eyed and furious. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The camp was now alive and swarming, throngs of men starting to swell together like boils of a plague. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In her flushed and swollen features, I could see the void that my father had left. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Soon as the motor quits, the big swells start to turn the skiff around. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A swell of anger rose from a black, dark space inside me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It was just a darkness beyond the swamp, at the heart of the abandoned rubber estate, from which the sound of crickets swelled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The frantic swell and shouts are behind us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z One time he brought in a horned toad that got so mad he swelled out round and flat as a Mexican tortilla and bled at the eyes. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z My tongue swelled so much that it was difficult to breathe through my mouth, and I noticed that it was becoming harder and harder to think clearly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She went on staring at me with those red, swollen eyes and I could not answer her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I downed glass after glass of water to push them down, and by the time Papa started the grace, my stomach was swollen with water. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The presence of Clyde’s gun should have terrified her, but a wave of grief swelled for Mr. Griswold’s current uncertain state, followed by a tsunami of anger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Their lips drew back from their teeth, revealing swollen tongues. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A quick, swollen rush of love caused him to grasp the black, bony hand on the counterpane and hold it fast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She hugged him and looked at the jagged, swollen scar that ran from his chin to his neck and thought how quickly it spread, news of death. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Rumor swells daily that the Governor will proclaim the freedom of the Africans from bondage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The window should be easy to pry open unless it had swollen, but it hadn’t. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z For a moment Jonathan felt the swell of pride. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It is plastic, swollen up tight in the sun. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes and nose are swollen and pink, her face slick with mucus. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They looked like drowned feet, swollen and boneless, except for the color. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He selected only the berries that were solidly ripe—not the light red ones, but the berries that were dark, maroon red to black and swollen in ripeness. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z But not before I see her swollen eye. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z My feet and ankles started to swell and I was finding it very tiring to stand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Plus she'd notice my swollen hand and bruised-up face and have a heart attack, and go right into mother role, trying to ice it, heat it, wrap it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Eventually she must have blacked out, because she awoke what seemed like hours later, with her eyes swollen nearly shut and her nose stuffy with snot. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Her eyes were red and swollen, and she had a balled-up handkerchief in her hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His lips were swollen, one side of his face was puffed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In rain any street not paved with macadam oozed a fragrant muck of horse manure, mud, and garbage that swelled between granite blocks like pus from a wound. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Moss’s eyes darted open, the light too bright and painful, and his mother was there, her face not as swollen as before. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If cows ate too many, their stomachs swelled, and sometimes they died before the doctor could come to help. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She gets up and shambles away on swollen feet, old socks poking through the holes in her rubber boots, glancing back over her shoulder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Panic swelled like a blood blister inside me as the forest parted. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Pooh, I don’t care!” said Michael, and the hot heavy weight that was within him swelled and grew larger. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The poor baboon swelled up until his paws stuck straight out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Papa took his knife and cut the boot from Grandpa’s swollen foot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His eye was swollen and purplish, and Adina wished she could feel some satisfaction that Mary Lou’s punch had been so effective, but she only felt the pain of betrayal. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It's Mr. Bierman, bleeding from the nose, his right eye split and swollen. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Her lower eyelids were swollen into thin pink crests. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The fetterlings screeched their challenge, and the forest swelled with the harsh sound. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The streets swelled with bodies and chants, and as we got down to Police Plaza 1, the crowd started to fan out around the square. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A huge cloud of black dust swelled into the sky, and even the moon ceased to exist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Now they are swollen, callused, and cracked at the heels. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Their tongues were hanging out, swollen and bluish. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When I departed, his eye was swollen so large it was almost shut. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But after two or three days, my ankle was going to swell. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After a couple of blocks, the number of people on the sidewalk has swelled. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z You don’t want hot water, either, because it can cause your pharynx to swell slightly. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z With swollen hands, faces, and feet, the men finally continued on down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I remembered his two little brothers clutching his mother, a woman whose swollen belly announced she was just days away from giving birth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, MoMo. We had some swell times. And now, it is time for . you to die.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Thorn screamed as the river swelled and shot her downstream. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that it was June, and raining, the river was no more than a swollen drain now. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she could slide up and down the swells without tossing the contents of the boat around. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When she walked out of the terminal, her face was bruised and swollen. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My left eye was swollen almost shut from where Bunny had hit me, and my stomach was cramping. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Jeffrey had the two worst black eyes I’d ever seen, and his nose was swollen to about twice its normal size. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And Wang Lung, hearing this sat down with seeming carelessness, but his heart swelled with pride at what he was. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I’m not sure where that swell of desperation came from, but now that I’ve acknowledged it, it’s impossible to ignore, like a living thing has awakened from a long sleep inside me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Then all at once the wind fell, and a calm came over all the sea, as though some power lulled the swell. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Simon moved his swollen tongue but said nothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Everyone knew her by name, even the most obscure outcasts—a lady with swollen feet and a cloud of flies around her, a strange drooling man with a lisp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z From his red, hugely swollen eyes it was obvious he’d been crying for hours. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My stomach somersaults and I feel something swell inside my chest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her hand smoothed her robe down over the swell of her stomach. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His hands would be swollen and painful from sifting the heavy, wet soil through his sieve. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been watching from the windows—at first with mild curiosity, then, as the crowd seemed to swell to the very walls of the hospital, they watched with apprehension. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I got to school, the music swelled in my headphones, and it was like I’d reached the top of a mountain. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z His nonchalance is belied by his split lip, swollen eye, and the blood dotting the front of his waistcoat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They were these dark brown loafers, sort of like this pair I have, and they went swell with that suit my mother bought her in Canada. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She turned to look at me, and I saw her eyes were red and swollen with crying, even as mine were, and there were dark shadows in her white face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Anxiety swelled in the harbor with each minute that passed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As I stood and watched him in the moonlight, my heart swelled with pride. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Within four days, their ranks had swelled to more than 365,000, the largest walkout that had ever taken place in the United States. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But though the dory rocked back and forth with the swell of them, the whales never came so close that the boat might capsize. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The water in my glass has to be swimming with microbes, judging by the children’s skinny limbs and swollen bellies, signs of amoebic infections. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sore all over and had a bad cut on my thigh; the wound was swollen and white. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The pain blinds me—my swollen leg trembles from the impact, and I can feel a gush of fresh blood on my bandages. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He had a bruise on his face and a swollen lip, but he was whole. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z After a time the steep swells smooth out. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Her face was swollen to three times the size that it had been. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But he still had the stout shoulders, the thick torso, the strong hands, the swollen belly that entered the room before any other part of him did. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Directly above them the balloon swelled out in a huge curve. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long before another sensation joined them, as the vessel began to roll in the German Ocean swell. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The silence between us swells and fills the room; a fly buzzes angrily against the French doors. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As if a giant knife were cutting the tops off the swells and waves. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a swollen blackness around his eye. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My head swells when Mom tells Oma I am capable, independent. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Where her swollen jaws and forehead lumps were coming from. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The memory of her words warms me from the inside out as the sting of missing her swells inside my chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As we waited for his bags, I watched him as closely as I could without him noticing, and I wondered how come he had gotten like this—his nose swollen, his legs waddly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Or only one eye, for the other was swollen shut. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z These swells were more like a rising in the water, a lifting that seemed to come from the earth itself, as if a hand were cradling and holding the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z So wand in hand he paced into the air, shot from Pieria down, down to sea level, and veered to skim the swell. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a swollen black bruise under his left eye. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s what made the river flow, the ocean swell, and the tide rise, but it was a silent power, intractable, indomitable, indisputable, and thus completely ignorable. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The wrist was swollen and a bit discolored, but what horrified me was a tiny, evil burn on the underside of the forearm: a cigarette burn, gouged deep and ugly in the flesh. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The car made a swell racket, and if I went slow, folks who heard me coming had plenty time to run out on the porch and watch me drive by. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “When I do not eat, the Christ child himself comes to me and nurses at my breast, which swells with rich milk,” she says with perfect calm. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A man with a scratched-up face and a swollen lower lip and bloody bald spots across his skull where his hair had been torn out in clumps met them at the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z On July 5, however, the Teklanika was at full flood, swollen with rain and snowmelt from glaciers high in the Alaska Range, running cold and fast. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment I swelled with importance, getting talked about like that. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her expression swells as I look at her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But slowly the whale did stop rocking, and the seas calmed, and the rhythm of the swells took hold again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Guilt’s all over his face—but so are swollen patches of different colors. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z She thought that kindness might lift Jeyne's spirits, but the other girl just looked at her with red, swollen eyes and began to cry all the harder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Flush with wealth, Tiwanaku city swelled into a marvel of terraced pyramids and grand monuments. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I force my eyes to open wider against the heavy pull of my swollen lids, searching among the people for their voices. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The swell was slow and oily, as if the water was reluctant to rise. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked around the room at all the different faces, and I felt my heart swell up inside me with pure happiness. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z When Liyana’s aunt had to go to the hospital because her legs swelled up, Sitti said they swelled “because she has such a big and heavy head.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At this she dove under a swell and left me. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The thunder of the guns swells to a single heavy roar and then breaks up again into separate explosions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Peck's left eye is swollen already, and there’s still nothing but pure terror in his right eye. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The sound swelled in the dark till the entire room was pulsating, till the air itself became alive and matted with bees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth’s lips turned purple and his throat swelled. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see individual cells, and some of them were swollen with dark specks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting moved around every once in a while by a thick swell rolling past. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My tongue had swelled up to twice its usual size behind my clenched teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Had his eyes swollen accidentally by girls who swung their arms around to make sure their friends understood the importance of whatever they were saying. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The view was lovely—the rolling swell of the Cohutta Mountains, brushed with a bluish haze the color of cigarette smoke, running away to a far-off horizon. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The audience applause, which was enthusiastic at each Naming, rose in an exuberant swell when one parental pair, glowing with pride, took a male newchild and heard him named Caleb. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were swollen shut and his nose was a funny shape. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The land under the castle swelled—it rose and rose and rose, and great plumes of smoke and ash came billowing from its center. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When he held them up to his face he saw that they were scratched and bruised—and the veins were swollen as though he had been grasping hard at something for a long time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Pelicans floated on the swells while seagulls and a lone eagle wheeled above them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I could see that his eyes, too, were starting to swell closed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His head pounds; it is still swollen from being battered. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He felt vindicated; I think the margin even swelled his head a bit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the weak starlight, as their small barge moved back and forth on the rising ocean swells, they’d have to leap for the cargo net. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z After the weather got violent and the islands were battered, the West Indian population here had swollen. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Let’s see that ankle,” she said, and untied my shoe with her nervous hands, which hurt because my ankle was a little swollen and looked more yellow than it should have. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Red Pettus, his face and body swollen, came dripping out of the creek, nauseated and feverish after the attack. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The doorway at the back of the room had a long white curtain across it, and it swelled open as she came through. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He came about and let the Frog sail closer, came up into the wind and stopped about thirty yards away, rising and settling on the waves and swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The wound is reddish, about two inches long, a little swollen, with what’s going to be a scab starting to cover it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The vein in his forehead swelled to the point of bursting and his face was dark with rage. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z For the first time I notice that her face is swollen too. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The robot nodded, “That makes me feel swell, but what are you getting at, boss?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z We had a swell time, just the three of us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Nothing, child, nothing,” she mumbled, almost apologetically, between swollen lips. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The fumes that floated in through the open windows were swollen with heat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Among these repeated subjects is a crouched, blobby figure with a monstrously swollen head. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The expression on his face alone made my heart swell to twice its usual size. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The punished swell returned to black and rolled on indifferently. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Ralph allowed the swollen flap of his cheek to close his eye again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s like her eyes swell to fill their sockets; that’s how big they get. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Nathan’s palm swelled again, so he reached into his pocket to hold the necklace. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Even in the dim illumination of the bonelight, she could see his face was starting to swell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His throat felt swollen and he wanted to swallow but was unable to do so. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Cole dug with his fingers and brought mud up to smear onto his swollen neck and face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The last time, only two weeks ago, when her swollen eye was still the black-purple color of an overripe avocado, she had rearranged them after she polished them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z All the while, my father continued to swell. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His name swelled and grew and filled the world like the pounding of blood in Shadow’s ears. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z After the swells died down, I pulled my hands into the sleeves of Marion’s sweatshirt and looked around. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The sight that greeted her made the woman swell with pride and determination. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But now his nose is swollen and he meows whenever you pick him up—he was probably trying to steal food and somebody smacked him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A nasty black-and-blue swelled along his right cheek. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It wasn’t easy, because Hassan’s upper lip was a grotesque mesh of swollen, raw tissue. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z To her horror, the place where the needle had entered was swollen, dark-green and festering yellowly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard felt confidence swell in himself once more. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was afraid to eat the uncooked mealie meal: Am buy a said raw flour swelled up inside and made your stomach burst. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His lip was busted and one of his eyes was swollen completely shut. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Come sunset, as the sea turned black as ink and the swollen sun tinted the sky a deep and bloody red, Victarion came back on deck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gonna be a swell weekend, you say, saluting the sun, wishing you had snuck out earlier and avoided the blah blah blah. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The square grows so quiet, and the sounds of the ocean swell. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She looked rather swollen and she seemed listless. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The raven's breast was swollen with musical ambition, and its eyes were like little sparks. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, when he notices my face bruised and swollen, he whispers something sternly to the Doctorita, who hollers, “Well, why is this longa my burden?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not red and swollen—it just looks like flesh—but it’s still very graphic. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The bubbles popped, and thousands of tiny black spiders swelled forth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A recent influx of Hungarian Jews into our neighborhood had swelled their ranks, and they formed a small but highly vocal element of the school’s student population. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Something I can only describe as pride swells against my chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The wound on Kwadzo’s head grew swollen and purple, and Amari could tell he was in pain, but he continued on, as they all did, one foot after the other, mile after mile. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I think of the swell time I could have without you, I go nuts. I never get no peace.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the church seemed to swell with the Power it held, and, like a planet rocking in space, the temple rocked with the Power of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We watched him with our swollen red eyes, anxious and numb at the same time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z That’s just air going up and down inside as it rides on the swell. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It gushed into the creeks, which swelled up and turned a foaming light brown, like a chocolate milk shake. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Those who swelled their little unarmed strength into the reckoning one of leagues, clubs, societies, sisterhoods designed to hold or withhold, move or stay put, make a way, solicit, comfort and ease. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She catches her swollen foot on the edge of the ramp and winces. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Acknowledging defeat, thousands of the strikers, whose ranks at one point had swollen to more than seventy-five thousand, returned to work. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The murmur of voices had swollen now and was louder than before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They billowed and swelled and spiraled in the air. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her body was swollen and distorted and he couldn’t look at her without wincing inwardly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There are photographs of her online, her face blistered and swollen beyond recognition. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I saw him before he died: his body was all swollen, very much like mine, with bloodless skin that looked like white rubber. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was released in the morning he immediately went downtown, a walking advertisement for everyone to see, “eyes all swollen, face bruised, blood all over his shirt.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She shook her head and I saw that her face was swollen on one side. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The men were so tired, and their legs so swollen and painful, that it took hours of staggering up and down the rough beach, into the water and out again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Floating I saw only the sky, and felt the drop and lift of the swells. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When he was fairly close to shore he tacked left and started up the bay and within minutes they were free of any sea swell or wave action. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass was stiff, and it wouldn’t swell. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z They put an ice pack on my swollen, bruised arm, take my blood pressure and heart rate, and examine my leg. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z There were books in Spanish strewn across the berth, swollen and shapeless. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The right one was cut and swollen big as a bear paw. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Intermittently, huge clouds of dust swelled upward, lingered a few moments in the air, and then settled down to make everything and everybody reddish brown. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His breath swelled deep in his lungs and he flexed his muscles, trying to impose his will over his body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I have a strange, swollen place in my lower belly. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They felt thick and swollen, and her mouth was dry. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “The day you stopped doing swell and started hanging paper. Why?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he emptied himself out in an unleashed flow, feeling that something swollen and painful had burst inside of him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It sits there like a beached ocean liner, the prow cutting through swells of green turf, windows without number. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hardly see, his eyes nearly swollen shut. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The whole jumble of loose pack hissed and rustled as it rose to the swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z On one of her short interludes down in the attic, she saw a copy of The Last of the Mohicans that had been warped and swollen by water. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They simply looked and nodded in grim respect, remembering their own Treatment, and Palmer’s heart would swell. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Turner went back to the oars, turned the bow toward shore—it wasn’t hard in the long swells—and tried to row in again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Still do our numbers swell with those who flee to join us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As the music, enlivened by unscored dissonances, swelled to a raucous climax, she gripped the wooden sides of her chair, closed her eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I’m right in the middle of coming up with a really sorry excuse when I blink, and Mrs. Walters’s facial features begin to swell and shrink. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She had traveled for hours without water; now she swelled out her sides drinking. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Tears crawled down from his swollen left eye and he placed a palm on it as he followed her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His cheeks swelled bullfroggishly but his gaze was fixed down his garden. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When we kiss, my body swells with anticipation. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We all rise to say the Pledge of Allegiance together in one loud voice that swells and echoes around us. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z One of his eyes is already swollen shut; the other remains open. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. F didn't say a whole lot as she drove me to my dorm, but she made me promise to go by the infirmary and get some cold packs for my swollen wrists. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My heart swells because this is starting to feel like a family. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Cello music swelled out from the house, rising higher and higher until it lifted off the earth, sailing toward Venus. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He approached Harry himself, came so close that Harry could see the usually languid, pale face in sharp detail even through his swollen eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They were mangy, some with patchy fur, others bare, their pink bodies swollen with deformities. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His eye is starting to bruise and swell. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I am swollen with excitement, bloodlust and joy and a strange fear that mingle in my chest like the twisting rage of a bone-fire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z After twenty minutes the rice had swollen enough and absorbed some water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Panic swelled inside him once again, almost too much to bear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He wore only socks because his toes were still swollen from the rattraps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ankles were swollen, and so were her cheeks. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z My heart swells to hear that people in America consider this place a historic treasure and are helping to fix it—like when so many people back home pitched in to rebuild our mosque. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Within hours, the patients’ forearms grew red and swollen. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He returned to his room with swollen eyes and an aching head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Thomas felt tears swell under his eyelids; one escaped and trickled down his right temple, into his hair. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The morning is wet and shining, and I am swelled with the idea that I'll be setting forth with the children. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I have opened the collar of my tunic and breathe heavily, I sweat and my face is swollen with the strain of carrying. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z You complained that your feet were huge and your fingers were swollen and you threw up a lot. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her leg was red and swollen, so even her rocking on the back porch made her grit her teeth. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My eyes were so swollen, I couldn’t even open them all the way, but it was worth it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z "It's a swell suite," whispered Jordan respectfully and every one laughed. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z By the time all color had ebbed from the sky, the crowd had swelled to include 3,000 protesters, and they started their slow, determined march north up Fayetteville Street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “This island is covered with Devil’s Club. Don’t grab it or hundreds of tiny thistles will infect your hands and make them swell up like sausages.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He glowered at the chaplain with swollen fury for a moment, his good humor gone, and turned back toward the bar disgruntledly, rolling from side to side like a sailor on his short bandy legs. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We must have been at a sixty-degree incline when we reached the summit of the swell and broke through its crest onto the other side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “She’s a swell mother. What other boy has a mother who would let him do what I did?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She pressed her swollen eyes with fingers dipped in cold water. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His face was swollen and bent to one side, his eyes larger than I remembered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Panic swelled in Seven’s chest, and she had to keep her eyes on her amulet, focusing on nothing else, to keep from crying. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Tents crumpled and fell as the marching crowd swelled. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Arize’s wrapper was pushed low, below her waist, and her blouse was loose-fitting to accommodate the swell of her belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “See how swollen the udder looks? I bet it could fill a swimming pool.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Pinpoints of light swell, sparkle, burst and shrivel within it, countless as stars. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Both rivers were swollen with rainfall and thick with boulders that created dozens of small, swift waterfalls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A pot belly swelled under the tight white nylon shirt and his cheeks were round and ruddy as marzipan fruit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He reached up to touch his face, which was still swollen and battered. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The smallest portion of the swell’s supply of water crashed down on us. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She wept continually, her face was bloated and swollen. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth swells larger than the tub walls can hold, cleanses me more than the water and bubbles ever can. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He might find that his heart had swelled beyond its capacity and sent him out of the world entirely. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She watches New York City recede; the forts of New Jersey salute her departure with cannons; channel markers bob in the swells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the mention of this word, Miss Trunchbull's face turned purple and her whole body seemed to swell up like a bullfrog's. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She had washed and put on clean clothes, but her face was swollen from crying. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It frightened him—the face was cut and bleeding, swollen and lumpy, the hair all matted, and on his forehead a cut had healed but left the hair stuck with blood and scab. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Fie is sick, his face and feet are swollen, as are hers and their baby’s. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Congratulations, Harry, you rode a swell race,” Pollard said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Macon fastened the wire ends into a knot, but the lobe was swollen and running pus. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you shouldn't feel too sorry if you see some swell girl getting married to them. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z There I found my mother, her face swollen and bruised and her eyes puffed up to the point where she could scarcely see. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My throat starts to swell, and I look away, and when I finally look back, Willem is still holding my eyes, appropriately polite and achingly concerned. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Each morning my face puffs out a little bit more, my cheeks rounder and my eyelids more swollen. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If humans are so swell, who did that to her?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Beckendorf had a swollen eye and cuts all over his face and arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The flesh swollen and discolored in the truss of the black stitching. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Glancing at the smiling faces of your girlfriends, you immediately forgot your swollen hands and the cold, and somehow you found new strength.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z An unexpected swell knocked him off his feet and even as he put out his hands to break his fall the black lake sucked him down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Down a block they had put in new pipes under the street and dug a swell deep ditch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He could feel his feet beginning to swell because the circulation was cut off by the metal digging into his skin. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He gingerly touched his swollen lip and let out a pent-up breath. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I cried myself to sleep, and now my eyes are swollen and red, my head pounding. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then there’s a grinding noise and a jolt and a swell of music. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z By the fifth day of their journey they were all tired and hungry, and their feet, scratched and swollen, cried out for relief. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The men lay down to sleep on a floe that rose and fell at least a foot with the swell, and some of them felt seasick after so long on a motionless, frozen ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then she raised her hands and waved them grandly, and we began a medley of American folk songs—which are supposed to make your heart swell patriotically. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I tried to open a pair of heavy doors, twisting the handle, but they were swelled shut—so I took a running start and rammed them with my shoulder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It emboldened the power surging inside her, directing the swells of magic. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The children’s bellies were swollen out with empty wind, and one never saw in these days a child playing upon the village street. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He hits me so hard a knot starts to swell on my arm. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Let me tell you, it was just swell. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Beads of spit fly from his swollen purple lips; a deep animal-like growl rises from his throat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Stars of pain filled his eyes, and there was his mother, crawling toward them, her eye swollen shut, and she stopped, her face just inches from his. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The next day it was so swollen I couldn’t even put my foot in a shoe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One of his eyes is bruised and swollen shut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then, one night while Mama was rubbing shea butter mixed with hot pepper into Papa’s swollen joints, I overheard a conversation between them, and understood. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z As he reached over to pour her more beer, he rubbed his shaky arm against her side to feel the swell of her breast. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I barely had time to soak my swollen foot before we were again on our way. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Arthur’s swollen eyes widened, and he took a step backward. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He held the fish against the sky until it stopped wiggling, hdd it and looked to the sky and felt his throat tighten, swell, and fill with pride at what he had done. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The gathering in front of the Tower started with just a few citizens holding signs, but quickly swelled to a crowd with banners, songs, speeches, and other atrocities. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Once when my dad was out on the Mary Rose a storm come on sudden, and the swells broke out in whitecaps and he decided to head in early, just to be cautious. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z His lips were swollen and red in the fading light. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His face was so bruised and swollen that he hardly looked human. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He daintily sewed their hoods from white sacks of flour but could barely move his fingers after their visit—his fists swelled for two days from beating the man’s face in. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A swell kid, Cookie, and she had liked him, pitied him, babied him, inspired him to read “serious literature”—Gone with the Wind, This Is My Beloved. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Their advice disappeared as the rhythm of the story swelled in my ears. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The music swelled out of an organ and boomed through the half-empty arena, sending little shivers up Alfred's spine. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The left side of his face was swollen, like heti swallowed a balloon and it still floated beneath the skin. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Out came a worker dragging two hugely swollen black plastic bags. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z At first I think she’s excited, and I feel a swell of hope— what if Uriah is awake? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z But my final thoughts are tactile: the underside of my forearm lying above the swell of her breasts. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z My swollen cheek aches—it’s probably ten different shades of blue and purple right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Her uncle’s hands were so swollen, he couldn’t pick up his hoe, so Nhamo carried that as well. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite all the invites, the congregation didn’t swell much that day. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The knots in the wet and swollen rope were loose, and I figured that Mr. Kendall had already struggled with them while the branch he stood on sagged further and further toward breaking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Kim had a swollen eye and a bad scrape on her thigh as a result of her tripping over her backpack as she attempted to kick me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mouth open, his eyes swollen and unfamiliar without their spectacles, he puffed and grumbled in his sleep. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z That’s when my heart swelled up so fast, it closed my throat and I could hardly breathe. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She pointed at the top of Jinny’s tunic, which had begun to swell out in a way that nobody else’s did. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He wept until the sea breeze would have no more of it and bucked the swells up, frothed them at the top, and sent some of the spray over the stern. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He pulled his swollen fist from the ice bucket, flexed the fingers, then stuck it back in. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A misshapen hump swelled high above his shoulders. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They were swollen with hundreds of red welts, pinprick bruises that would grow into a blue stubble across my skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Children with swollen bellies were already fighting over pieces of die stinking fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The town is of a good size, and its waters swelled with the ships of Lord Dunmore’s fleet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The waves of sound in the room swelled and subsided against his ears. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As she started up the four flights to the roof, Boori Ma kept one hand placed over the knee that swelled at the start of every rainy season. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This swells the kernels and loosens the skin. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Gondola after gondola swept up to the marble steps, and left its lovely load to swell the brilliant throng that filled the stately halls of Count Adelon. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z My face is still swollen, and I insist that I can’t possibly go to school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Finally, at ten o’clock at night, the barge moved out to sea, the swells getting larger and larger. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There’s a thin pink scar stretching from his back to his swollen belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As they sailed into twenty-foot swells, the sea heaving underneath them, Percy could hear poor Hazel down in her cabin...also heaving. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps, she said, my mother was pacing the shores across Buzzards Bay, her breasts swollen with milk. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z My eyes are red and swollen like I’ve been crying for a week instead of just one day. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He was nervous about what his mother was going to say, but a swell of pride swallowed up the anxiety. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her jaw was pulled down and I saw her tongue was swollen and she was coughing to try to make it fall out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The singer's voice swelled as he neared the end of his song. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My limbs, especially my feet, were swollen and a constant source of pain. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s stopped,” I try to say, but only an awful croaking sound comes from my swollen mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The summer world grew and swelled and ripened. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Less than an hour later, the trail led down a slope toward a muddy brook swollen by the recent rains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All night, since Enrique’s last call from a pay phone across the Rio Grande, she has been having visions of him dead, floating on the river, his body wet and swollen. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Soon after the accident, a bacterial infection caused his leg to swell up like a balloon from his knee to his ankle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z It was big and swollen and riddled with crevices and white, scarred blemishes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The bridge of his nose was swollen and red all the way across from eye to eye. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was badly worried about his hand; not only were the wounds bleeding freely still, but the rest of the hand was swollen and red. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Streaked with brine, and swollen, he terrified them, so that they fled, this way and that. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Red swollen balls of fire stare back at me, matching my own crimson eyes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I babbled an apology and tried to get away, but she was talking too, and rubbing her swollen belly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It was hot to the touch and swollen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after, the swollen ocean will swallow the ashes as it washes across all the land, and everything living will be forgotten under the sunless sky. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Nossik’s face began to swell within the confines of his leather turtle cap. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When Amil heard, he jumped up and laughed and then gave out a yelp because he stepped on his swollen foot. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A. posse of Touchable Policemen crossed the Meenachal River, sluggish and swollen with recent rain, and picked their way through the wet undergrowth, the clink of handcuffs in someone’s heavy pocket. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Erik stopped by the door, turned, and looked at me through his swollen eyes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the boys in my group had eaten some undercooked beans that had made his stomach swell with gas. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For days Malachy s tongue is swollen and he can hardly make a sound never mind talk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You want to hear about how her feet swell up when she walks?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His stomach was still swollen from last night’s gorge. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I could see his internal smile, as wide as the skies of Kabul on nights when the poplars shivered and the sound of crickets swelled in the gardens. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When Sissy came into the kitchen, Katie looked at Sissy’s disordered clothing with swollen and suspicious eyes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew instinctively that the longer he waited, the more swollen the prize fund would become. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Not a breath disturbed the oily surface of the low swells that slid gently beneath the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z On swollen legs they carried out dishes of lamb and rice, okra in tomato sauce, Greek salad, rice pudding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Both of his knees were red and swollen, and his toes were almost purple, twice the size they should have been. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A slow trickle of dark blood made its way down his thumb, where it gathered and swelled for a moment before dripping onto the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we did all that. And now we’re here with some swell fellows like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The house’s creaks and settling groans swell around me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And again he began to pelt toward the sound of the bell, his blood as warm as the swollen, spring-tied earth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z At Sophie Mol’s funeral and in the days before Estha was Returned, they saw her swollen eyes, and with the self-centeredness of children, held themselves wholly culpable for her grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later, your dad came home with your sister to find you alone, crying over the kitten, whose belly had swollen to the size of a kickball. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z A calm day on the Southern Ocean has swells of fifteen feet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As a result of continuing malnutrition, my stomach stays swollen while the rest of my body is small and thin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody pulled a swollen tick out of Mutt’s neck and popped it dead between his thumbnails. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z A small speck of me swells with pride. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Hyenas’ stomachs swell visibly as they swallow huge chunks of kill. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Freak's face is all red and swollen up and he's making this huk-huk-huk noise. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Gogol gets up, shuts the door to his room, muffling the noise of the party that swells below him, the laughter of the children playing down the hall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Now!” they yelled with each swell, and then groaned with disappointment when he didn’t go. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His head was too large for his body, with a brute's squashed-in face beneath a swollen shelf of brow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When my vision sharpens, I can tell that my leg is swollen under the bandages. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Now a little, now more, a great roar began, an exhalation of breath that swelled to a rumble of voices and then to the howling and clapping and stomping of men gone mad on art. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the ice on my ankle, which was bruised and swollen and a little bloody. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Above it floated a human heart, swollen and blue with corruption, yet still alive. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I press a fingertip against my swollen lips. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Their corpses hung limply, their faces slack or stiff or swollen with gas, unrecognizable, hardly human. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was blue and swollen, grotesque, but the real horror was the mother's eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One side of his face had begun to twitch and swell. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned up her hood to hide her swollen face and left him there in the dark beneath the oak, amidst the quiet of the godswood, under a blue-black sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I also had to fetch large pitchers of water for Gertrude’s bath and empty the tub afterward, until my feet were swollen from running to the well and the latrines, and my arms ached. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had made himself a black armband out of what looked like a rag dipped in boot polish, and his eyes were puffy, red, and swollen. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Over the next few months, our numbers swelled as refugees poured in from other Sudanese towns. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z While One Hundred Years of Solitude swept me up in its magic and its images, its intricacies and its breadth, Jane Eyre made my heart swell. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The boy’s left arm was purple and swollen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was swollen so badly that he could not close his mouth; he could hardly swallow. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The one in which a posse of Touchable Policemen crossed the Meenachal River, sluggish and swollen with recent rain, and picked their way through the wet undergrowth, clumping into the Heart of Darkness. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This was because it fed on living things and had grown so fat and swollen in its greed that bits of the people it had eaten dripped from its scummy lips and crooked teeth. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z His left eye looked as bruised and swollen. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z It was difficult to sell it with a swollen eye and a plum-colored bruise running across the bridge of my nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The knight was naked but for a breechclout, his back raw from the whip, his face so swollen as to be almost unrecognizable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His lips were too ruined, too swollen, and his tongue too blistered for him to be given fluid by mouth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Despite the landlord’s disapproval, the sweltering heat, the gloomy rooms, and the cacophony of strange noises, so unfamiliar to my country ears, I felt another swell of hope. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In anger he bared his teeth—a habit, Granny said, that he had formed while fighting in the trenches of the Civil War—and hissed, while his fists would clench until the veins swelled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a nasty hissing noise as Filch swelled with fury; Mrs. Norris had arrived, unseen, and was twisting herself sinuously around Filch’s skinny ankles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Diego glanced at my jeans, and I fumbled with them but couldn’t button them because my wrist was swollen and useless. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z One inmate had wanted to cut off his ring finger, he said, because it was too swollen for the inmate to remove his wedding band, but another inmate had talked him out of it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the middle of January, my right foot began to swell from the cold. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The scratch was shallow, but the area surrounding the abrasion was as red and swollen as a chain of kielbasa sausage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He felt the dory skim across the swells, cutting through their rhythm, and figured that finally, finally he was setting their course. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I felt anger and heartbreak and even, suddenly, an immeasurable swell of joy, all in the same moment. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My heart swells with pride as I watch Mustafa shake Imam Malik’s hand and accept a big gold trophy with an open book on top. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She shook off my hand, and when she raised her head, her face was swollen and red. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, when I looked at her hands with their swollen knuckles folded together in her lap, I imagined them smooth and slim, striking the piano keys. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My right hand is swollen and the cold has started to crack the skin. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The Nightbeast had spoken to her, and her heart swelled with a million conflicting emotions at once. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Probably nothing, not when she walked by with her belly swollen or pushing a stroller—but when she’d gone inside, they’d all talk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The cook was long departed, and Sarah dozed on a kitchen chair, her swollen feet propped up on a pillow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It swelled and swelled until all the loss, all the grief, all the loneliness and self-abasement of her life washed away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Already his head felt swollen and heavy and he was more comfortable with his eyes closed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Hagrid stood there with his eyes red and swollen, tears splashing down the front of his leather vest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Higher up they swelled to five stories of circular balconies, crowded with new pretties. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Duuzuu was so full, he promptly went back to sleep on my pillow, his belly swollen. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He stares at my swollen nose, at the circles starting to darken under my bloodshot eyes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Amaka came out of the bathroom hours after we had eaten, her eyes swollen, her voice hoarse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Cole licked at his numb and swollen lips, and grimaced. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Remembering the good time we’d had at the fair, I thought that was a swell idea. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A wireless in the landlady’s sitting room came on, and the laughter of an audience swelled as the valves warmed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When a train heaved across it, the black steam engine swollen to bursting like the boiler at the laundry, the birds flew up like Halloween. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Something inside me welled up and I reached down and smacked the swollen hand that held the glass of Scotch. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He felt the top of his head where the cut had been made; it wasn’t swollen or hot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her skin was still the dark color of mahogany and her hair was still black and, although she was thinner, her belly was not swollen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Both lids were swollen and shining like she’d covered them in blood-red shadow. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And somehow, in four steps he conjures “special plans” to “swollen glands,” and begins to feel his throat in a troubled way. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z With her eyes swollen like that and her high cheekbones, she looked almost Asian, like a certain kind of Russian. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The left side of her cheek is red and swollen with still-bleeding scratch marks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I wondered if Erik would walk through the kitchen door with his eyes swollen and black. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But her eyes are swollen and red, and I know she doesn’t believe what she’s saying. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Rhydd's face is a swollen wreck, but a face and its look can be totally different. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The voices swelled as she opened the door and then shut it again. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Is poison water. Is bad water from the ditch that make my baby belly swell so,” says Marie, Lagurie’s woman, carrying her youngest on her hip, her child sad with bellyache. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Desperation swells in my chest and I think I might do anything to get her out of this room. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The boy swelled up, and his skin filled with pockets of blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At school, I passed the boy in the hall, his cheek had swelled up and his eye had blackened. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Just swell,” I said, and I really meant it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Beneath thick plastic glasses, his eyes were swollen, bloodshot, and surrounded by deep dark circles. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I can see in my mind’s eye his black arms thrown back behind his head, the muscles like great big peach stones sanded down, with veins running like little swollen rivers down his arms. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was swollen up to the shoulder, making the skin look like it was being stretched too tight. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z "Good, then down to business. My wife's having a birthday tomorrow. I thought one of your gorgeous striped candles would make a swell present." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z There were thousands of them swarming as far back into the underbrush as he could see, and they appeared to swell in size and multiply in number as he spied them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The simulacrum swells, titters, and then falls into a pile of laughing shadows, their cackles falling against my ears like slivers of ice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then she quickly adds “Just Amelia,” but it’s too late—the room swells with shrieks, toots, wails, and whistles. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I think now it was sorrow for the sound of his fork scraping the plate, the way it swelled in the distance between us, how I was not even in the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked so pretty that it made my heart feel funny, all swollen and full, and I wished desperately that I knew where my mama was so she could come to the party, too. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he ran back downstairs, zipped past Grandma, who sat at the kitchen table with her feet in a bucket of steaming water—standing too long caused them to swell, she complained—and jetted outside. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It swelled up to fill the whole room with sound, then it whispered softer than the wind through trees. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “If you come outside you won’t see any tears because the sun is so blazingly hot my sad tears evaporate before they even have time to leave my swollen red eyes.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This tiny drumming, at first almost inaudible, mounts and swells, is repeated twelve . times in a continuous twelve-minute crescendo. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Your jaw is so swollen you look like you have a wad of food in your cheek, and you just stabbed Eric,” he says, frowning. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His face is swollen with bruises, there's a bloody bandage on one arm, and from the sound of his gait he's limping somewhat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He opened his swollen eyes a little wider. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z After a little while Bill said: "Well, it was a swell fiesta." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z My lungs are tight, they breathe always the same hot, used-up air, the veins on my temples are swollen. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was dark with the growth of beard, and his left eye seemed a little swollen and bloodshot. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Olanna pulled her eyes away from the slight swell of her belly; it was newly unbearable, the thought that Odenigbo’s baby had been in that body. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When we have bad dreams or I guess if someone’s foot is swollen because of a scorpion bite, then we don’t listen to Papa. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with worms, crawling with fleas. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Njemile struggled to open the bottle before Rawiya took it from her, flipping the cap open and liberally pouring its contents all over the other girl’s swollen hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His words were slightly slurred, as if his tongue were swollen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “What a swell spot for a hot-dog stand,” she said. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z My face felt hot and swollen, and the ache in my back had returned with a vengeance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One by one, my knuckles began to swell with bright drops of blood that poured down my hand. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z His face is swollen and his voice cracks even though he only has one word to say. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Pendanski's face was so swollen, he could barely open his eyes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The song surged as the crowd swelled, or was it the other way around? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Now don’t you go getting a swelled head by what the schoolteacher says, boy.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Annie returned to them in the fall with a belly too swollen for flying in the big tent. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Out the window, far beyond the neighboring block, beyond the ramparts, the single light of a boat appears and disappears as it rises and falls on distant swells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Bubber was a swell kid and she had trained him pretty good. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His gums bled, his belly swelled, bruises covered his body. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Both eyes were a deep purple, so deep they looked black, and so swollen I couldn’t tell whether they were open or closed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His eyes are red and swollen, but Ms mouth is curled into a small smile. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It swelled like a tumor jacked up on steroids, burning through a haze so white it glared. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Tears swelled in her eyes as she confronted him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Mayor Harrison warned that the ranks of the unemployed had swollen to an alarming degree. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They had swollen until the skin itself had split and was oozing a yellowish fluid. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She should have realized it earlier; Adanna’s belly was swollen and her skin was a sickly tone, much lighter than it was only weeks ago. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My throat swelled till I could hardly get my breath. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The great head lolls around and looks at me as it rises on a swell. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The distant gramophone stuck now, suddenly, on a grinding, wailing, sardonic trumpet-note; this blind, ugly crying swelled the moment and filled the room. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The roar swelled, as though their frenzy had been fired up by something. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the loaf of bread I had left on my windowsill, still warm and swollen from the oven. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She had done that a few times by mistake, and once her tongue had swelled up so much she had to talk to Mo in sign language for two days. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She proud & limping, her pretty bare feet hideous with open wounds and her white face swollen with bruising, ignoring me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And when in the course of time their promise of fertility was fulfilled, their bellies swelled, and their tattoos with them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A lot of the kids were having fun, gawking and laughing and throwing peanuts at the animals, but the sight of those poor creatures made my throat swell up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His eyelids were red and swollen, and there was a huge insect bite on the side of his neck. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The round face, swollen and grim, was framed between hand-printed window signs advertising the week's special sales. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The rat was swollen to twice his normal size. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Below them the sides of her breasts swelled out, flattened against the mattress. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I saw him for the first time, he looked like a monster with a bloody face, a swollen eye. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z You can actually see his chest swell up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They swelled up and got mighty sore; not even a mesquite thorn hurts as bad as a sharp fish fin when it’s run deep into your hand. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Chaol,” she began, putting a hand over her mouth as nausea swelled and took control. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Dimple didn’t know where the courage came from, but she wrapped her legs around his waist, held his face in her hands, and kissed him until her lips were swollen and she couldn’t breathe anymore. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Now they were crusted and the knee was swollen and discolored and the calf sunken but there was no pus. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But not yet, the men on the other side were waiting, red faces swollen as though from apoplexy as they bent forward in their chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the flesh already starting to swell. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Black and swollen with rain, enough water to wash the city clean. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In an instant, my insides swell, and I can’t do anything but stand there returning his stare, and even though I should be embarrassed—I am embarrassed—I can’t look away either. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He was dreaming; he was delirious, and his voice sounded thick, as if his throat and mouth were swollen. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z His eyes were swollen and red, and somehow that made him look younger, more vulnerable. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Globules of perspiration glistened like transparent pearls around his mustache and swelled like opaque listers under his eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t see the point of a picture of me with my swollen face in a hospital bed, but everyone here was so nice, and I wanted to be nice in return. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They passed one person after another, crouched in the hallways or in doorways, their bodies red and puffy, some of their eyes swollen shut, while others clutched arms and legs, wailing in terror. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But love, which had, perhaps, like a benevolent monarch, swelled the population of his neighboring kingdom, Death, had not himself descended: they owed him no allegiance here. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I did not understand why men were hanged in effigy, or a boat dragged through town and burned on the Common, as if on grassy swells. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I watched a small swell crumble near the shore and roll up the sand over clumps of seaweed and rocks and shells, then suck back into itself. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My eyes were red and swollen with dark circles under them, and I was still wearing my clothes from the day before. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was a familiar snicker that swelled into a snorting guffaw—Jeff’s laugh. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z There was a caked face with cracked lips and eyes peering out of swollen, blackened lids. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes had a stunned, swollen appearance when she removed her glasses; they strained to make out shapes, to translate blurs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was swollen, her lashes clumped into spikes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She watched the sky over Wash’s shoulder with the eye that was not swollen shut. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “This lady wants Ma to make her a dress. Ain’t that swell?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Women with swollen bellies began coming to the house and begging Mother to deliver their babies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z With their new confidence, they start making plans, and my chest swells with pride for them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He scanned the other faces—some were too swollen and distorted in death to identify. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Chess clubs everywhere saw memberships swell; during the match, the Marshall Chess Club’s roster doubled to six hundred, and the United States Chess Federation added tens of thousands to the fold. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I am sure that, as all pendulums reverse their swing, so eventually will the swollen cities rupture like dehiscent wombs and disperse their children back to the countryside. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The first represented clouds low and livid, rolling over a swollen sea: all the distance was in eclipse; so, too, was the foreground; or rather, the nearest billows, for there was no land. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His face was still swollen, even though Ty'ree had made him ice it when we got home. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z When the cool outside air from the hall rushed inside, the flames swelled and raged. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Millay shows her face! — echoed in my mind, and anger swelled in my belly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Further panic swelled through the mass of people on the stairs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Afterwards she could not walk for a week, her feet would not fit into her shoes, they were too swollen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on the edge of die bed, he poured half a cup of wine and held it to Tyrion's swollen lips. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a rag, immersed it in the hot water, and started dabbing the swollen side of my face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands and feet swelled like plastic gloves full of water, heavy and tight, ready to burst. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z All through the spring, while the heat swelled and the river shrank, Ranofer and Heqet met as often as they were able, at midday or in the evening after their day's work was done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She feels the rolling pressure of his thumbs against her arches, the soothing grip of his hands on her swollen ankles. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Hie trickle he started soon swelled to a flood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The words are spelled out in a swollen graffiti font. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The pods had swelled until they were the size of hen’s eggs and ready for harvest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms: authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her eyes weren’t even swollen from crying, like mine were. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He drank until his stomach was swollen, until he nearly fell off the log with it, then he rose and stagger-tripped his way back to the bank. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was swollen from the beating he had received, and his eyes looked as if they were watching something behind me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then I saw a sight that makes a hunter’s heart swell with pride. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was raining, they leaned on the windowsill, drinking warm, fizzy orange Fanta, and watched the swollen rain droplets trickle down the glass. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Her mouth was still swollen where Kino had struck her, and big flies buzzed around the cut on her chin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The top of her handsome head brushed the candle- filled chandelier, and her gigantic black-satin bosom swelled. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I’m shocked to see that his eye socket is red and swollen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was cold outside, and dark, and a leaky, insipid mist lay swollen in the air and trickled down the large, unpolished stone blocks of the houses and the pedestals of monuments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her sickly eyes looked moist and swollen but somehow excited. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Granted, the man has a good head on his shoulders, but it’s swelled to no small degree. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His knuckles weren’t scarred and swollen like theirs, but his wrists were marked and the palms of his hands were callused. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And Harry too looked ahead at the skull, and fear swelled inside him like a venomous bubble, compressing his lungs, driving all other discomfort from his mind... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The body of a soldier, shapeless and swollen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Why, now, blow wind, swell billow and swim bark! Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, barefoot, and with swollen knees, he hobbles north along the rails. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His eye is swollen and he has his arms wrapped about a dirty dog. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z We let Quinby eat until she looked over at us, her belly swollen, her eyes glazed, and gave a contented belch. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the stitches, up close, black thread surrounded by swollen purple. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Kelp floating in packs past the small swells. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Refusing to argue anymore with my father, she walked on swollen ankles into the sun room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t like my uncle and was really tired of hearing how swell he was. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Don’t think so. Some of the children are sick, but I think they have something wrong with their faces—one side all swollen up.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I could see the personal victory swell up in her whenever she had her sister’s great-grandson under her roof, at her table, or in front of her television. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Last winter, Stella’s foot swelled to twice its normal size. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z As I looked from him to Gay, I felt a surge of something I could not quite define swell inside me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I put my head down and swam all the way out there with the bigger swells, where I couldn’t touch anymore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean — I just forgot. “Oh yes, very easy to forget Myrtle’s dead,” said Myrtle, gulping, looking at him out of swollen eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then later, when the wood swells up in the water, it will press the cotton tight and keep the plank from leaking. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He watched her free, his heart swollen with love for her and with an anguish, not yet his own, that he did not understand and that frightened him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They stared at me, the Indian boy with the black eye and swollen nose, my going-away gifts from Rowdy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And as the wind picked itself up and wrestled with the tops of the swells, he rowed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Many have their bellies swollen up like balloons. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship swayed as it cut through the stormy swells. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her lips were cracked and bleeding, her tongue swollen and sandpaper dry. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Don't listen to the crowd, no one's hitting them, pop-pop, in and out, jab and run away, circle left, and Rivera's eyes were bloodshot and swollen, his thick arms were sagging. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain continued sporadically, so that by Wednesday the creek had swollen to the trunk of the crab apple and they were running through ankle-deep water to make their flight into Terabithia. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The cold marble is a comfort to my swollen feet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, a bubble would swell and burst, disgorging a monster like a larva from an egg. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The harsh light from above grew and swelled, eating the scene. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We see him checking out his hand, which is slightly swollen. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z A distant scream of sirens swells and fades with the mood of the breeze. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t I press out a dress for you, Madam?” she said, looking up at me with swollen streaming eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her leg was going to be painful; already it was red and swollen where the car had struck it, and a dark, massive bruise was forming. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When the tumblers clicked, it popped open; Lefty crawled on top of Desdemona and the two of them hardly even moved; the ocean swells did the work for them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I do move, seeing where I am going becomes a challenge because my eyes are nearly swollen shut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when they bring the body up, swollen and bloated and blue, I think: That’s not him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His white Terylene shirt was unbuttoned to where the swell of his belly began. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The little of his face that was not obscured by hair or beard was soaking and swollen; he was shaking with tears, a vast, spotted handkerchief in his hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “All right, Eliezer... All right. . . Not too much air. . . Tired. My feet are swollen. It’s good to rest, but my violin . . .” I thought he’d lost his mind. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At the start line, the Husky Clipper bobbed in the swells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z All about the yard, dead men hung half-frozen at the end of hempen ropes, swollen faces white with hoarfrost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I am thankful for the way laughter swells up mighty like the ocean, then settles like soft waves and comes again. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At that moment a low, throbbing noise began which gradually swelled louder and louder till the whole valley seemed to be swaying with it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The hullbeast scooped up more by the fistful and dropped them into its swollen torso. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His throat was parched and his tongue swollen and thick. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Malone has agreed to travel with us. Isn’t that swell?” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z And the scar’s red, but it’s no longer tender or swollen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z When I came to his nose, he let out a sharp hiss, but he didn’t try to twist away until I brushed his swollen split lip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He felt her calloused hand move gently over his swollen jaw long before he saw her red- rimmed eyes peering down at him. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I leave it in the microwave until the plastic wrapper swells and pops open. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Nathan’s heart swelled when he heard Pond call him his friend. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His face was hideously swollen; splotches of deep, ink-black frostbite covered his nose and cheeks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z My face was almost too swollen for me to ask for salt water to wash my mouth. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His eye was swollen and it was going to be black and blue by the next day. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His right leg was bleeding and had begun to swell. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Kamala’s wound was washed, but it was already black and her body had swelled. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Cracked his lip so it swelled up like an earthworm struck with a shovel—all purple and oozy. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z A thin finger of sweat trickled slowly between Dany's swollen breasts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My hands curl into fists and my voice cracks as I feel the anger hit me like a giant swell in the water. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z When they showed up at Goodale’s office, their eyes were swollen and red. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She gripped the side of the boat fiercely and shrieked with every swell of the water, with every spray of water in her face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound swells, as if alerted by our quiet words to the proximity of live flesh. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Felicia’s eyesight dimmed until she could perceive only shadows, and the right side of her head swelled with mushroomy lumps. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother thought it was because her eyes were almost swollen shut. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z His joints are swollen and twisted in painful angles, and he's got a hacking cough that proves he spent years in the mines. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Its scaly body swelled and swelled as it got angrier. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the thorns that caught on her hands and arms, Sefia pushed away the barbed leaves until she could see Nin’s swollen eyes watching her from the back of the horse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And, although his mouth was bleeding and swollen, he told his attackers that he had twice dreamed of a treasure hidden near the Pyramids of Egypt. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Or so he told Tommy, who punched him in the arm and told him he had a swelled head. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Then some satisfaction he had longed for all his days without knowing it swelled up in his heart and he smote the table with his hand and he said suddenly, “This house I will have!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “I want to go to the bathroom,” she said, pronouncing each syllable with difficulty with her swollen lips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The painted leather burst into sudden flame as she skipped closer to the fire, her breasts bare to the blaze, streams of milk flowing from her red and swollen nipples. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His hands hurt, and his fingers were still swollen with blisters from the pliers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Nausea swelled in a great green wave, trembled at the crest, sank and rolled again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her feet were swollen at the toes and bleeding at the heels. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Hopefully, if it swelled enough outside, it wouldn’t swell inside and burst her stomach. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he saw the landsman's view of the swell and it seemed like the breathing of some stupendous creature. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z What started as a low murmur gradually swelled to a chorus of terrified voices. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Even from here, I can see the large swollen lumps on their bodies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The objects in the room seemed to swell and recede with each thump of my heart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But the Frog was at least a boat again, floating high on the slick calm of the swells, her sails up and drying. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The music swelled through his body, transporting him from the horrors of the past few months. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One mouthful every fifteen minutes will make it last and if I wash it down with water the bread will swell in my belly and give me the full feeling. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Che Guevara’s face blanched and swelled like the dead girl Lourdes had seen wash up once on the beach at Santa Teresa del Mar with a note pinned to her breast. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Because it is as though the one who is left steps for a time upon a stage and each second swells to an unlimited amount of time and he is watched by many eyes? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z My breasts have swollen into two small buds that hurt if anyone bumps into me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I thought of all those heroines of fiction who looked pretty when they cried, and what a contrast I must make with blotched and swollen face, and red rims to my eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His eyes, which moments before had been swollen with fatigue, were now wide and alert. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A perfect hum, high-pitched and swollen, like someone had put the teakettle on and it had come to a boil. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinner had taken long enough for thickened thunderheads to swell off the coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They followed the sounds around a lazy bend of the road and saw them; a column of armed men noisily fording a swollen stream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He got in and cast off, letting the tide take him out and away from the island, using the oars just enough to keep himself square to the swells. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Fariba was smiling, and her palms were pressed against the swell of her pregnant belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And just like that, her eyes started to swell and fill with tears. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His lip was still fat and swollen from the last time he had pushed the big knight too far. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I looked down, and I couldn't believe it—it was swollen twice its normal size. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Dubs jaw was swollen, his nose was clearly broken, and his face was covered with scrapes and cuts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Board of Education ruling, Senator Harry Byrd’s antipathy toward the law had swelled into a countering movement—Massive Resistance—and he marshaled every resource at his political organization’s disposal to build a firebreak against integration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In answer, the German song swelled mightily and drowned out “Auld Lang Syne.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting there, slowly, and maybe not entirely surely, but there was something almost delicious about feeling the same powerful swell of abilities that had once terrorized me corked and controlled. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I have seen the pond swell and the creek surge. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z When they had finished their story, Percy swelled indignantly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I think this: The letters don’t slide around or swell up for Calvin Chumsky. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z His face was all ugly from the beating, his nose swollen and one eye closed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And once more the yellow church swelled like a throat with voices. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But these spleens had swelled up and turned as hard as a rock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of his face was swollen, blue with the cold and bruises. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She leans forward, squeezing until the flesh swells between her fingers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Tears swell and then come in great heaves of relief. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z By the next morning, Ron’s bitten hand had swollen to twice its usual size. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Shhh, everybody,” said Jenny as music swelled and the dramatic Dog Squad opening filled the screen. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But Turner was standing forty feet above the writhing sea, waiting for a swell big enough to keep him from splattering on the rocks and hoping he wouldn’t throw up before he went under. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It promptly swells up, demonstrating the extraordinary elasticity of the little bit of air left in the bladder. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z People just getting home from work had swelled the crowd at the gate. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Other tributaries swelled his happiness; he still derived satisfaction from the thought of his first—the best in his year he was told. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He is longboned and loose-jointed, over six feet, with the angular face of a cacique and a handsome nose somewhat swollen at the base. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When the brain swells, it pushes against the skull, and that squeezes the blood vessels that supply the brain. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside I feel swollen like an absolute full moon. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Dill felt a swell of white-hot rage; it tasted like iron in his mouth. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A coldness like water swelled inside my stomach. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment they had lost their choppiness arid had lengthened into long swells that came slow and syrupy. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Rage swells in my heart, and my composure breaks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The Indian Being, undefined and indefinable, finding itself alone, fearing death, yearning for company, began to swell in size, rearranged itself inside, and then split into two identical halves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On March 9, for the first time since entering the pack, the men felt the swell of the ocean slowly lift the ice under their feet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Chencho’s face around the missing eye was big and swollen as if it were infected. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Even with her hair so plain and her eyelids swollen from crying, Miss Love looked beautiful to me, for she had come alive! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Little children with swollen stomachs trailed after them, too weak or scared to beg. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Have you any idea how much my kingdom has swollen in this past century alone, how many subdivisions I've had to open?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I come to the end of things, dear friend, and he waxes mickle; my tides have gone slack and flaccid, while his swell newly to proxigean spring and rush through the gut. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Groans of protest swelled out of the crowd. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The presence of Clyde’s gun should have terrified her, but a wave of grief swelled for Mr. Griswold’s current uncertain state, followed by a tsunami of anger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As Otto’s swollen foot was dragged upward, he was forced to stand on one hand. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z My skin was wrinkled and swollen all over from being constantly wet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Njemile raised her hand up, her whole arm shaking, and they all saw that the skin on the back of her hand was raised and swollen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Monique emerged from the bedroom then, lips bloody and face swollen from crying. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears for Mom’s swollen ankles after a long day of work, for her jar of pennies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There is a swell of voices, feet thumping, trays stacking, and trash tumbling as everyone heads outside to run around. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He kept seeing James' face on the wooden floor, cold eyes in a swollen face. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The music swells and I recognize the brilliance of it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then the Deeping-stream, swollen by the rain, churned and fretted in its choked path, and spread slowly in cold pools from cliff to cliff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her fingers were swollen and her wedding band looked uncomfortably tight. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing his tale, my heart swelled with pity, and I put my hand upon his wrist; but he shook it off. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was stunned silence from my brothers, followed by a rising swell of muttering and hissing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Alfred's eyes began to swell and his nose was clogged with dried blood. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh man,” Shannon said, instantly becoming serious when he saw me lying in the hospital bed, my face swollen, bruised, bandaged. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her thin legs swollen, her face surrounded by layers of rouged skin. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The same when we were at the top of a swell. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The kerosene only seemed to make my feet swell up and sting. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart swelled and stopped as though it met sudden confines. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Heat swells behind my eyes as I think of home, and when I blink, a tear slips out. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He opens his notebook, dutifully copies down the assignment as anger swells inside him. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Davi stood before her parents in front of their hut, hair disheveled, face swollen, shoulders slumped, arms hanging like dead weights. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One of my eyes was swelled shut and I could taste blood, but I searched until the last scrap of evening’s light was gone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’ve been trying to keep it at bay ever since I heard her voice on the phone, but now it starts to swell, it blooms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see his black eye and swollen jaw the next day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Around the little peak of the tent lay the snow, mounds, hillocks, swells, slopes, all white, untrodden. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They’d blocked her intestines and made her belly swell like she was six months pregnant. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I kept afloat and swam your sea, or drifted, taken by wind and current to this coast where I went in on big swells running landward. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy jumped to the swollen stomach; his big pocketknife was in his hand. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the thing that faced him changed utterly, spreading out to either side as if it opened enormous thin wings, and it writhed, and swelled, and shrank again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Her face is swollen and her voice is listless, like a heavy sigh. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The engine cover is stuck where it swelled up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The crowd noise swelled to a deafening crescendo. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z We had to stand, still chained, in the hold of the old wooden ferry, which was difficult as the ship rocked in the swells off the coast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I already saw the damage I did when he walked in—one eye shut, a cut on his lip, spots of dried blood on his swollen forehead. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Climbing the giant swells, the boat clung to the sea anchors like a mountain climber to a rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The left side of his face is swollen. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her joints were swollen and stiff, making her crooked, and it anguished her to walk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Ai! But how can I rub a swollen foot?” lamented the old lady. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The dead man rose to his feet, blue eyes shining in that gashed and swollen face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I saw the woman’s swollen belly and it was my belly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her great belly was swollen with new life as she leaped across the yellow sandrock, startled forever across the curve of cliff rock, ears flung back to catch a sound behind her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He opened his cracked bps and let rain hit his swollen, chalky tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Monstrous, swollen, it looked as if it had swallowed the sun and woken with a fever. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They poison my food and milk but still I swell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched specks of moonlight sparkle off the water’s surface whenever a small swell rolled toward shore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He found nothing noble in interpreting people’s maladies, assiduously translating the symptoms of so many swollen bones, countless cramps of bellies and bowels, spots on people’s palms that changed color, shape, or size. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The glassy, artificial blueness of it, and the way people's limbs looked huge and pale and swollen underneath. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The lip had begun to swell, and his anger grew along with it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The pill swells on the inside of my mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As a result of the campaign, our membership swelled to 100,000. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam’s face contorted and his eyes swelled and glistened with tears. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was dropping off my books in my locker after school—and grabbing the workout clothes I’d stashed in there with my gym bag—when I heard a sudden swell of voices. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s a “weakening of a blood vessel,” like a little bubble that swells out from a vein or an artery. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It had almost no features on its face, which had puffed and swollen like risen bread dough. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He knew now that swells were telegraph systems, that they came ahead of weather, and that large swells moving this hard and fast probably meant a fair storm. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As if by osmosis, a dark swell of emotion rises in me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I’ve seen August after his surgeries: his little face bandaged up and swollen, his tiny body full of IVs and tubes to keep him alive. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z It is distinct, sweet and yeasty, the smell of death, like spoiled bread, damp and swollen, coating walls, nostrils, skin, anything within reach, trying to tag it all. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Eyes burn and swell shut from the fumes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Curious, I push my thumb into my swollen feet, pressing the flesh inward and creating a big dent. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas of the wings bellied upward, taut and swollen and eager. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Though his arms and legs were thin as reeds, his belly was swollen and hollow, and ached so much that he found he could not sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He dreams in short, fractured scenes that swell and fade erratically. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Still, she had managed to inflict some unpleasantness: In addition to the knot on Jackson’s head, his pointy nose was swollen and red where she’d pinched it to encourage her release. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “There’s been an increasing swell of support from young women,” Olivia says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My face was fried and my lips and tongue were swollen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The bump on my forehead was swollen and I stopped the bleeding by lying still and letting it coagulate, then picked away the dried blood except over the cut. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z On the side of a ground swell lay Jello, his body torn in bloody shreds, his face contorted. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The one sign of me being tagged was my lip, which was a little swollen, mainly on the inside. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I mean to say something sharp, or nonchalant, but the only sound that escapes me is an assenting noise, squeezed tight by my swollen throat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My body retained fluids and my legs swelled up tremendously. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As the crowd swelled around the circle, any remaining sense of individual responsibility fell away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His voice was like small waves, like the swells at Coney Island. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The river was swollen and wide from recent rain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His face is cut and bruised, deep reddish-brown bruises; the flesh is swollen and knobby, stubbled with unshaven beard. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He curled up and tried to sleep away his pain; the tight thongs pinched, but his swollen hands were mercifully numb. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The unaccustomed prayer posture had caused my big toe to swell, and it pained me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The sounds and smells swelled around them in a dizzying cloud. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Dany had walked into the flames as they came forth, and they had drunk milk from her swollen breasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I think I had a fever, though I had no thermometer to find out, and my ankle swelled very large and looked bad—blue on one side and bright red on the other. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Her eyelids were swollen and pink, and she was pinching on her lower lip with forefinger and thumb, an old sign with Briony that some serious weeping was to be done. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was swollen with death, and it resounded with the boom of drums. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She knelt, testing the swollen joint with numb fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She lost all interest in the lusty thrashing in the wrought-iron bed, her waist swelled rapidly, and her breasts drooped with the weight of the new life that was growing inside her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The rushing and churning and simmering grow louder, like a river swollen by a storm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She felt a swell of excitement that had nothing to do with the urgency of their circumstances. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Not only was the wind dead around me but dead for hundreds of miles to the north as well, for there were no swells, no motion whatsoever in the water coming down from the north. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Since then, Lucila explained, Chango often takes out his rage on innocent palm trees, and to this day the lizard’s throat is swollen and mute with the god’s gift. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But what happened afterward—that was just swell, too. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I walked out of the forest, looking down at my wounded, blackened hands, which by now had begun to swell. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Before the night shut down she was seen with sails idly flapping as she gently rolled on the undulating swell of the sea, Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Soon the path reached a rounded angle where the mountain-side swelled out again, and there it suddenly entered a narrow opening in the rock. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Today the brother, Etienne, had a great big ugly lump on his forehead over his left eye—quite fresh, a purple bruise with a bloody dent in the center, still swollen. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But now, with a baby crying in her arms, her breasts swollen with milk, her body coated with sweat, her groin still so sore she can scarcely sit, it is all suddenly unbearable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as if his whole being was ready to burst from his swollen suede desert boots, and, as if to verify this, Ignatius turned his singular eyes toward his feet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a chilly night and the desert breeze was blowing, making the old wooden ceilings creak and the curtains swell like black sails on the high seas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The bee sting was still swollen, so he could not properly appreciate how beautiful his sister looked with her hair out of its bun, though Helen told him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The words swelled within him and gushed from his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His father spirited Krishna away, not stopping until he arrived at a river swollen in flood. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Four people, just like that, whip by me on bikes, exposing swollen calves emerging from rolled-up pants. 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