Example Sentences

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"For the highest-performing participants, their pupil dilations were both larger overall and the individuals were more discerning about the information they were asked to recall."

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

Like all beauties, these are dilations of time.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2021

The stopped time of a painting, say, or the dilations of the novel, in which it is possible to see patterns and consequences that are otherwise invisible.

From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2020

The results showed that people with consistently larger pupil dilations made the most erratic decisions.

From Forbes • Sep. 24, 2014

After five years my body became so strong that I could control even the dilations of the pupils inside my irises.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston