swollen head

How to use swollen head in a sentence

• Her almost too abundant hair had been piled over a pad, which gave her the appearance of having a swollen head.

  The Limit | Ada Leverson

• Captain Lake was possibly suffering from what would now be termed a "swollen head."

  Cornish Characters | S. Baring-Gould

• Margery's swollen head was treated until the soreness had become eased a little.

  The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills | Janet Aldridge

• "The fact is, that he's suffering from a swollen head," remarked the curate, who used slang as a proof of manliness.

  The Hero | William Somerset Maugham

• He who is too big for his boots must needs limp; and he who has a swollen head is in perpetual discomfort.

  The Treasury of Ancient Egypt | Arthur E. P. B. Weigall