swoln
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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My rumour was upon the world As strong sound of swoln water hurled Through porches of the straining sea.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Her hands had many of the Cow-pox sores upon them, and they were communicated to her nose, which became inflamed and very much swoln.
From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Edward Jenner
Behold a prince! whom no swoln thoughts inflame; No pride of thrones, no fever after fame!
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Edward Young
My pent-up tears oppress my brain, My heart is swoln with love unsaid.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
"Why do you conclude so?" asked the old gentleman, "the leg does not appear to me swoln, although you have guessed rightly."
From The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. by Ludwig Tieck
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