DILATE in a Sentence
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39 example sentences for DILATE, such as:
1. Melanie looked and her eyes dilated.
2. The medicine dilated the blood vessels.
3. At night, the pupils dilate to allow in more light.
4. The major's eyes dilated with pleasing astonishment.
5. The pupils of your eyes dilate when you enter a dark room.
2. The medicine dilated the blood vessels.
3. At night, the pupils dilate to allow in more light.
4. The major's eyes dilated with pleasing astonishment.
5. The pupils of your eyes dilate when you enter a dark room.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DILATE
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dilate
v. become wider
v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 D'Avrigny continued to look at Noirtier; he saw the eyes of the old man dilate and become round, his cheeks turn pale and tremble; the perspiration stood in drops upon his forehead.
2 The count felt his heart dilate and throb; he opened his arms, and Haidee, uttering a cry, sprang into them.
3 On the other hand, the stately form of the Norman appeared to dilate in magnitude, like that of the eagle, which ruffles up its plumage when about to pounce on its defenceless prey.
4 After the soup the maid brought a boiled fowl--a piece of magnificence which caused the eyes of the diners to dilate in such a manner that they seemed ready to burst.
5 Melanie looked and her eyes dilated.
6 Her face went whiter and her brown eyes dilated enormously.
7 Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury; it was the background she required, the only climate she could breathe in.
8 But, doubtless, this noble savage fed strong and drank deep of the abounding element of air; and through his dilated nostrils snuffed in the sublime life of the worlds.
9 Tom had stood, during this speech, with his hands raised, and his eyes dilated, like a man in a dream.
10 Dinah held up her hands, and, turning, saw close by her side the spirit-like form of Evangeline, her large, mystic eyes dilated with horror, and every drop of blood driven from her lips and cheeks.
11 A glance like sheet-lightning suddenly flashed from those black eyes; and, facing about, with quivering lip and dilated nostrils, she drew herself up, and fixed a glance, blazing with rage and scorn, on the driver.
12 His nostrils dilated like those of a wild beast that scents its prey, and his lips, half opened, disclosed his white teeth, small and sharp like those of a jackal.
13 The pupils of his eyes, as he gazed at Monte Cristo dilated horribly.
14 The major's eyes dilated with pleasing astonishment.
15 Her large eyes were dilated with surprise and expectation, for it was the first time that any man, except Monte Cristo, had been accorded an entrance into her presence.
Example Sentence:
1 At night, the pupils dilate to allow in more light.
2 The pupils of your eyes dilate when you enter a dark room.
3 I just had an eye exam and those eye drops that dilate your eyes makes things fuzzy!
4 The medicine dilated the blood vessels.
5 Exercise dilates blood vessels on the surface of the brain.