Example Sentences

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That’s when corn plants are enlarging their kernels and need it most, reducing the excess that can leach into groundwater or run off into streams.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 25, 2023

Construction crews are enlarging the port and building a big new parking lot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 12, 2010

Companies are enlarging their sales forces, planning to spend more on posters in stores and to vastly increase the use of gift coupons, games and other promotional hoopla.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dairy Store Manager William Bales and his wife, who live in the Cincinnati suburb of Norwood, are enlarging their gift-giving circle this year.

From Time Magazine Archive

But we are enlarging the reading-room, and the new press demands space. 

From The Long Vacation by Yonge, Charlotte Mary