Example Sentences

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It appeared to me then that the Soviet Union was enlarging its area of control not only in Eastern Europe, but elsewhere.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2016

At staid IBM's meeting, Chairman Thomas J. Watson Jr. set off general giggling with his candid explanation as to why the company was enlarging its collection of early scientific models rather than paintings.

From Time Magazine Archive

His hands were growing, his head was enlarging, and where baby fuzz had once covered a pale new scalp, now long tentacles were emerging.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

She didn’t know what the smell was but it was enlarging and she could almost see it, a foul brown cloud.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The vessel was still a tiny blob, but every instant it was enlarging, doubling its visual size.

From Wandl the Invader by Cummings, Ray