As they develop, they swell to twice their original size or more.The eggs hatch early in the year, and the larvae grow, mature and spawn in the same year.…
Dutch Frank's in their pay -- sleeping in the nex' room to us all these weeks.They hold your feet to the fire till they swell and burst.…Cited from Captivity, by M. Leonora Eyles [AKA: Margaret Leonora Pitcairn Eyles]
They swell but little, do not require much water, and usually cook in a few minutes.They should be taken from the fire as soon as soft, as long standing makes them insipid.…Cited from Science in the Kitchen, by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
Pure joy glows in the bosoms of the blest.Love unites them all, as they swell their songs, and take their flight.In their home, the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are for ever at rest.…Cited from The Child at Home, by John S.C. Abbott
This green fruit and my stomach are not friends: How they swell me!Cited from The Duchess of Malfi, by John Webster
The Lord hath delivered into your hands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done?And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.…Cited from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Judges Book 7
They have the antique curve that has not changed in the course of ages.They swell out at the bottom and the top, and fall gracefully in towards the middle.As the women quit the sunshine and enter the deep shadow of the street the shine of their water-pots is darkened suddenly, like the sparks of burnt paper which follow one upon another and go out.…Cited from Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine, Edward Harrison Barker
When the ears are affected, the glands of the neck become inflamed.They swell up and add considerable to the discomfort of the little patient.…Cited from The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV (of IV), by Grant Hague
The hob-nails in the Subaltern's boots began to press through the soles.To put his feet to the ground was an agony, and they swelled with the pain and heat.The bones of them ached with bearing his weight.…Cited from "Contemptible", by "Casualty"
Both rivers with their tributaries, originate in the Geghama Ridge and flow southwestwards.When the rivers are full, they swell in April-May during the snowmelt.The rivers are steep down to 500m, shaping as V-like canyons and when the rivers are fed equally by snow, rainfall and underground water, in summer the water is for used for irrigation.…
Enrolled, would not they swell the number of workers by several hundreds of thousands in Massachusetts alone?If the census slights home-keepers, however, the girls slight home-keeping even more.…Cited from Hold Up Your Heads, Girls!, by Annie H. Ryder
The sun shines down in savage mockery; it strikes upon the bare neck of the quivering wretch, who dare not lift a hand to shift his hat to cover the blistering skin.It strikes in his eyes and burns his lips until they swell and feel like bursting.The barrel of his rifle grows hotter and hotter, until his fingers feel as if glued to a gridiron.…Cited from Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900), by A. G. Hales
Mine are the glaciers that make the streams!When I get angry, they swell, and the stones gnash their teeth against the current.And I own a whole lake with a fleet of ice-ships and a choir of swans.…Cited from Modern Icelandic Plays, by Johann Sigurjonsson
In the judgment of the intelligent and patriotic people of the South the war was practically over.Why should they swell the ranks of great armies to augment the power of military lords?While these comfortable doctrines were being proclaimed in the South, the North was drilling five hundred thousand soldiers who had enlisted for three years.…Cited from The Victim, by Thomas Dixon
The two huge triangular mat sails, with their seventy-foot yards and booms, had followed the cargo, and were being fitted to the stripped masts of the steamer.They rose, they swelled, they filled, and the empty steamer visibly laid over as the wind took them.They gave her nearly three knots an hour, and what better could men ask?…Cited from The Day's Work [Vol. 1], by Rudyard Kipling
They swell shut due to intumescence in the event of a fire.Unlike mechanical dampers, it is a physical/chemical reaction that causes the closure to work.…
Growled and kicked and grouched at the cold, the long nights, the hardships, the aches and pains and everything else.They loafed in their beds until they swelled up and couldn't leave them, that's all.…Cited from Smoke Bellew, by Jack London
None of the rest essayed to save them; they were already overburdened, and had their own work to escape damage.I know not whether they retired, or whether, landing hard by, they swelled the main attack, which as I write had already begun.For Hugo had left me to speed the manage of the balls, and when he called me again I saw a new sight in front of the great southwestern bastion.…Cited from The Fall Of The Grand Sarrasin, by William J. Ferrar
The particles must have more room as they swell.The granite heart of rock can't stand against this new pressure.…Cited from Quiet Talks with World Winners, by S. D. Gordon
Put the mixture in the bag, and press out on buttered pans, having each eclair nearly three inches long.There should be eighteen, and they must be at least two inches apart, as they swell in cooking.Bake in a moderately hot oven for about twenty-five minutes.…Cited from Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes, by Parloa, and Home Made Candy, by Hill
