| 单词 | swollen |
| 例句 | 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 His dry, swollen tongue felt stuffed into his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Her ankles were swollen, and so were her cheeks. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 She looked rather swollen and she seemed listless. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 She pressed her swollen eyes with fingers dipped in cold water. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Her eyes weren’t even swollen from crying, like mine were. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 The thing was white, and huge, and swollen. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 My skin was wrinkled and swollen all over from being constantly wet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A foul-smelling migrant with badly swollen feet also needed to talk to the priest. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 Arthur’s swollen eyes widened, and he took a step backward. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see individual cells, and some of them were swollen with dark specks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Their cells grew in size, being swollen with chromosomes which doubled in number. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Guilt’s all over his face—but so are swollen patches of different colors. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Derby looked down at her swollen belly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But on the edge of a roaring creek, swollen with rain, she slipped. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 His head was thumping and the side of his face was swollen where Mr. Grin had hit him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My jaw is swollen, and fingernail marks are still on my arms. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 I have a strange, swollen place in my lower belly. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 As Otto’s swollen foot was dragged upward, he was forced to stand on one hand. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 We see him checking out his hand, which is slightly swollen. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 When I awoke the next morning, my neck was bruised and my wrist swollen. 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 looks swollen, as if every sad thing in the world has stuck to her bones. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 She shook her head and I saw that her face was swollen on one side. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His face was so bruised and swollen that he hardly looked human. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After the soak, the swollen kernels are ground in a mill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 She was reading a magazine, her swollen feet propped up on a cushion. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He wiped off the blood, but it was still swollen twice its normal size. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I felt my face; it was bruised and swollen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Where her swollen jaws and forehead lumps were coming from. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He could hardly see, his eyes nearly swollen shut. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 Women with swollen bellies began coming to the house and begging Mother to deliver their babies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 lips were swollen, and her eyes seemed wilder than usual. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z His arms, poisoned by the sap, had festered and were seeping, swollen, and hot. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 Many have their bellies swollen up like balloons. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her fingers were swollen and her wedding band looked uncomfortably tight. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her thin legs swollen, her face surrounded by layers of rouged skin. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 This is how Lally and me first come to meet Titid, with bloody noses and swollen eyes like now. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They felt thick and swollen, and her mouth was dry. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There were books in Spanish strewn across the berth, swollen and shapeless. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 He opened his swollen eyes a little wider. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 The rushing and churning and simmering grow louder, like a river swollen by a storm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The crowd of crows beyond the gate had swollen to two score by the time they emerged from beneath the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His stomach was still swollen from last night’s gorge. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The words are spelled out in a swollen graffiti font. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Duuzuu was so full, he promptly went back to sleep on my pillow, his belly swollen. 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 Ibis close, I see that his jaw juts out, making his swollen purple lips even more prominent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the stitches, up close, black thread surrounded by swollen purple. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 think he's drunk. Look at how his face is swollen." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 window should be easy to pry open unless it had swollen, but it hadn’t. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She had washed and put on clean clothes, but her face was swollen from crying. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Ralph allowed the swollen flap of his cheek to close his eye again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 Her belly was swollen with the kittens she’d have in just a few days. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 There was a caked face with cracked lips and eyes peering out of swollen, blackened lids. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 gingerly touched his swollen lip and let out a pent-up breath. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z "Just swollen," said Bud, pressing the ice bag against them. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Then she looks at her swollen, red hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His left eye looked as bruised and swollen. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He had woken up with a high fever, and his eyelids were swollen shut. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Both eyes were badly swollen and ringed with purple bruising. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 His eye and cheek were swollen and his lip split open. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “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 Director’s swollen lips curl back into a menacing smile. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My swollen cheek aches—it’s probably ten different shades of blue and purple right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z 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 Meggie saw that the old woman’s legs were swollen above her ankles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Black and swollen with rain, enough water to wash the city clean. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 My tongue felt so swollen that I couldn’t talk. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I could see his black eye and swollen jaw the next day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The liver was swollen, and she noticed some blood in the intestines. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 The bridge of his nose was swollen and red all the way across from eye to eye. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I reached up and fingered the split lip, the swollen eye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Red swollen balls of fire stare back at me, matching my own crimson eyes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Even his good right eye was swollen shut, from where he’d wiped his brow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto had grown a layer of soft black down, and his swollen malnourished belly had shrunk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 She wept continually, her face was bloated and swollen. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her mouth looked swollen and manly without lipstick. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I cried myself to sleep, and now my eyes are swollen and red, my head pounding. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There’s a thin pink scar stretching from his back to his swollen belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 Overhead, thunderheads formed, dark and swollen as blood blisters. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 My swollen face and mouth were still distorting my speech. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Now they are swollen, callused, and cracked at the heels. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It is plastic, swollen up tight in the sun. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She moaned a little, massaging her swollen leg. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I press a fingertip against my swollen lips. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her brood patch was swollen and soft with a jellylike fluid. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 In her flushed and swollen features, I could see the void that my father had left. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I don’t want to touch that swollen, unnatural flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They were swollen and puffy, fat looking, as if they were pregnant. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His lips were swollen and red in the fading light. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Among these repeated subjects is a crouched, blobby figure with a monstrously swollen head. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 Inside I feel swollen like an absolute full moon. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I sometimes saw her eyes swollen with tears. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His hair flops forward, and he brushes it back with a swollen hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Her foot is swollen again, an ugly deep red. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 His eyes were swollen and red, and somehow that made him look younger, more vulnerable. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 His nose is swollen and bruised, and his upper lip has a nasty cut. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z 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 The fumes that floated in through the open windows were swollen with heat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her sickly eyes looked moist and swollen but somehow excited. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Even from here, I can see the large swollen lumps on their bodies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He scanned the other faces—some were too swollen and distorted in death to identify. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One eye was crusted over and swollen shut. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 The right one was cut and swollen big as a bear paw. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “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 The rat was swollen to twice his normal size. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The cut on her cheek had stopped bleeding, but the skin was still red, swollen. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The throbbing head, the swollen eyes, the tight, contracted throat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They looked like drowned feet, swollen and boneless, except for the color. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached up to touch his face, which was still swollen and battered. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 When I finish, my eyes are swollen, but Cook's mangled face reveals nothing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 He'd been playing basketball with some other guys in the gym, so when he finally came out of the school building, the school yard was empty and my eye had swollen shut. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Monique emerged from the bedroom then, lips bloody and face swollen from crying. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was swollen and bent to one side, his eyes larger than I remembered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 His arms were unusable, but he could still hold the knife in his swollen hands. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I flinched at the crack of the coachman’s whip, my swollen throat tightening uncontrollably. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her fingers were swollen red, toughened by housecleaning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That was also why the cells had looked swollen and fat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 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 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 She looks up, eyes swollen with grief, but doesn't speak. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with worms, crawling with fleas. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 Everything on her body is the same except her stomach is huge and swollen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z 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 The right side of his lip is swollen and bruised. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was swollen with death, and it resounded with the boom of drums. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they look at my red, swollen cheek. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her face was flushed and her eyes were pink and swollen. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The gash on his forehead was bandaged, the right side of his face bruised and swollen. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Outside, a grandstand swollen with spectators awaited him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The eunuch rubbed his swollen stomach, crisscrossed with old white scars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The left side of his face is swollen. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 Children with swollen bellies were already fighting over pieces of die stinking fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The skin under my jaw felt swollen and tender. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 From his red, hugely swollen eyes it was obvious he’d been crying for hours. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 It is still quick and swollen from the previous night’s rain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Also, it bled around the bottom and his jaw was swollen. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 His eyes were swollen shut and his nose was a funny shape. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The ferret gingerly touched the tip of his swollen nose. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 Papa took his knife and cut the boot from Grandpa’s swollen foot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His face is swollen and his voice cracks even though he only has one word to say. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook his swollen hand, and then he shook hands with Augustus. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Four people, just like that, whip by me on bikes, exposing swollen calves emerging from rolled-up pants. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 The road ahead of us is long and straight, marked with cracks and swollen patches. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 Her face was swollen to three times the size that it had been. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But nothing could stop it from leaking past his teeth and swollen parched tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 His eye is swollen and he has his arms wrapped about a dirty dog. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her eyes and nose are swollen and pink, her face slick with mucus. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 Hyacinth was a sad sight, with her blotchy face and swollen eyes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There was no difference when they were swollen and covered with flies. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 She has her makeup on, but her eyes look puffy, her face swollen. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Her hands are a stranger’s, swollen and coarse, her fingernails dirty. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Across his biceps, the werewolf claw marks were still swollen and red. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On those nights, the silence of the street is swollen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When she walked out of the terminal, her face was bruised and swollen. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Its body was wrinkled and swollen, filling out a tunic that had been too large before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Their lips drew back from their teeth, revealing swollen tongues. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Al’s eyes have shadows beneath them, and his face is swollen from crying. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But not before I see her swollen eye. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z My breasts have swollen into two small buds that hurt if anyone bumps into me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z 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 She watched the sky over Wash’s shoulder with the eye that was not swollen shut. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For the first time I notice that her face is swollen too. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 The body of a soldier, shapeless and swollen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 I saw the woman’s swollen belly and it was my belly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 The river was swollen and wide from recent rain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 She went on staring at me with those red, swollen eyes and I could not answer her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her eyes closed up tightly, and her swollen lips clamped shut. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 foot and toes were swollen to twice their normal size. 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 He puts his hands on my belly, which is swollen and hard. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 My lip swollen to twice its size, face sore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 We watched him with our swollen red eyes, anxious and numb at the same time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z 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 Refusing to argue anymore with my father, she walked on swollen ankles into the sun room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Ai! But how can I rub a swollen foot?” lamented the old lady. The Joy Luck Club 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 Both his eyes were blackened, two dark pits in that grotesquely swollen face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 After twenty minutes the rice had swollen enough and absorbed some water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The left side of Mr. Sir's face had swollen to the size of half a cantaloupe. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z 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 The left side of her cheek is red and swollen with still-bleeding scratch marks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z His father spirited Krishna away, not stopping until he arrived at a river swollen in flood. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Both rivers were swollen with rainfall and thick with boulders that created dozens of small, swift waterfalls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 He wore only socks because his toes were still swollen from the rattraps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I heard the cracking of her swollen joints. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Pendanski's face was so swollen, he could barely open his eyes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 held his big, swollen scorpion bitten foot up in the air. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Hundreds covered Cole’s exposed skin, their tiny torsos swollen with blood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 My face was fried and my lips and tongue were swollen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He returned to his room with swollen eyes and an aching head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Out came a worker dragging two hugely swollen black plastic bags. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He pressed the cut on his swollen hand against his mouth and sucked it hard. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 One of his eyes was swollen shut, and his nose was thick and purple. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 His face was all ugly from the beating, his nose swollen and one eye closed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Within hours, the patients’ forearms grew red and swollen. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The three dogs raced alongside the swollen river. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She pressed her swollen face against the shoulder of this man who had stood beside her through all the worst moments of her life, and she began to cry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Macon fastened the wire ends into a knot, but the lobe was swollen and running pus. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Only swollen bodies making their way to the shore, carried on the drifting surf. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I stare at her, at her eyeliner-streaked face and her swollen eyes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Then glares at me through a red swollen cheek and her own puffy black eye. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 Claude’s nose was swollen and bruised, and he winced every time he tried to talk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z 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 My face was almost too swollen for me to ask for salt water to wash my mouth. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 His foot was as dark and swollen as an eggplant. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Erik stopped by the door, turned, and looked at me through his swollen eyes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It appeared to be opening now; it must have been swollen completely shut yesterday. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His face was disfigured now, swollen from bites that oozed a dark fluid. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 He couldn’t permit this opportunity to slip through his swollen fingers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 His lip was busted and one of his eyes was swollen completely shut. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z 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 The room was, for a moment, swollen in silence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 His hands hurt, and his fingers were still swollen with blisters from the pliers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Above it floated a human heart, swollen and blue with corruption, yet still alive. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I 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 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 It’s less swollen today, but the bruise is red-blue and dark. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One of his eyes is bruised and swollen shut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 His face was hideously swollen; splotches of deep, ink-black frostbite covered his nose and cheeks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 Cole licked at his numb and swollen lips, and grimaced. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There were shiners, split lips, swollen cheekbones, bruised arms, scraped knuckles, and bitten earlobes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His head pounds; it is still swollen from being battered. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He bought several tanks of fuel and some stores, and set off up the swollen river. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 It was blue and swollen, grotesque, but the real horror was the mother's eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Among them were two nanny goats with swollen udders. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her feet were swollen at the toes and bleeding at the heels. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 One of his eyes is already swollen shut; the other remains open. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then June hiked up her skirts and showed him her swollen purple feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was swollen up to the shoulder, making the skin look like it was being stretched too tight. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The canvas of the wings bellied upward, taut and swollen and eager. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 It was big and swollen and riddled with crevices and white, scarred blemishes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She put witch hazel on his swollen neck. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 his eyes were swollen, and when he raised himself, blood still flowed from his nose. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 His face was swollen, obsessed, and pale with a need for vengeance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was puffy and her eyes swollen red. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 On January 6, 1884, Mendel died of kidney failure in Brno, his feet swollen with fluids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 His lips were swollen, one side of his face was puffed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The side of his calf from his ankle to his knee was darkly bruised and swollen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 His cheek is swollen, and one of his eyes is turning purple. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 She lifted a swollen face from the crook of her arm. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I could see that their faces were swollen and bloody. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy jumped to the swollen stomach; his big pocketknife was in his hand. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 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 I barely had time to soak my swollen foot before we were again on our way. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She catches her swollen foot on the edge of the ramp and winces. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z 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 The flesh swollen and discolored in the truss of the black stitching. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z As my nose was still swollen and bloody I was excused Vespers. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 boy’s left arm was purple and swollen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt swollen with all the words he wanted to shout at them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It had almost no features on its face, which had puffed and swollen like risen bread dough. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 In the morning, her wrists were bruised and swollen. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 My limbs, especially my feet, were swollen and a constant source of pain. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The ankle was swollen and soft to the touch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at her image in the mirror, she stared at her swollen eyes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z 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 That part of his head, between his neck and ear, was con-siderably swollen. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Nothing, child, nothing,” she mumbled, almost apologetically, between swollen lips. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her face in the dirt, her flesh swollen and cut. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The veins in his sweaty palms were hard and swollen and painful. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 I’m shocked to see that his eye socket is red and swollen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 “See how swollen the udder looks? I bet it could fill a swimming pool.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 He kept seeing James' face on the wooden floor, cold eyes in a swollen face. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He passed people with horrible burns, their faces swollen, their blackened skin hanging in strips. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to move his tongue and found it swollen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 The murmur of voices had swollen now and was louder than before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They had swollen until the skin itself had split and was oozing a yellowish fluid. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 I held up my hands, swollen from the heat, cracked by water and hard work. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He sat with Rowan, spoon-feeding him soup, and blotting where it spilled from his split, swollen lips. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He looks at the ankle and it’s still swollen and he says okay. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It's Mr. Bierman, bleeding from the nose, his right eye split and swollen. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 He knew instinctively that the longer he waited, the more swollen the prize fund would become. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Her face is swollen and her voice is listless, like a heavy sigh. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Little children with swollen stomachs trailed after them, too weak or scared to beg. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Streaked with brine, and swollen, he terrified them, so that they fled, this way and that. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her swollen feet ache against speckled gray linoleum. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His nose was swollen and red from the bowstring that Nico had snapped in his face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Do you want him to see you with your eyes and nose swollen when that young so-called wife wears lipstick and nail polish like a movie star?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 She was coated in mud, shaking with cold, and her knee was swollen and sore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 His throat was parched and his tongue swollen and thick. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But I saw that Fifth Wife had a swollen face like mine. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Her face was swollen, her lashes clumped into spikes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I realize I must be purple and swollen, too, for him to look so satisfied. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 There was a swollen blackness around his eye. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces were swollen, many to the point of being unrecognizable. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 There are photographs of her online, her face blistered and swollen beyond recognition. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His skin had become swollen and puffy, burning with a fiery itch. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His glasses were off and his eyes looked swollen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 A thin finger of sweat trickled slowly between Dany's swollen breasts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a swollen black bruise under his left eye. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Then, stooping forward, she dangled the spoon over my mother’s swollen belly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 Beads of spit fly from his swollen purple lips; a deep animal-like growl rises from his throat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z 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 Slowly, barefoot, and with swollen knees, he hobbles north along the rails. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And the scar’s red, but it’s no longer tender or swollen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The rest of his face was swollen, blue with the cold and bruises. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He opened his cracked bps and let rain hit his swollen, chalky tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Or only one eye, for the other was swollen shut. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 I wondered if Erik would walk through the kitchen door with his eyes swollen and black. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her feet are swollen in her bedroom slippers. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z She knelt, testing the swollen joint with numb fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 Simon moved his swollen tongue but said nothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 cold marble is a comfort to my swollen feet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 The donkey’s foreleg looked swollen at the ankle, so I crouched to inspect it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Their tongues were hanging out, swollen and bluish. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes, which moments before had been swollen with fatigue, were now wide and alert. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He took her swollen wrist in his hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her lower eyelids were swollen into thin pink crests. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 Her eyes were red and swollen, and she really was heartbroken. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Her eyes were swollen and she held a handkerchief to her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His words were slightly slurred, as if his tongue were swollen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 Amaka came out of the bathroom hours after we had eaten, her eyes swollen, her voice hoarse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 Their souls are swollen with excitement, just waiting to erupt. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His upper lip was so swollen he could hardly get his mouth shut. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The right side of her face was swollen and beginning to ache, but she knew Joffrey would want her to be beautiful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 It was hot to the touch and swollen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Beckendorf had a swollen eye and cuts all over his face and arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 |
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