Sample Sentences for
dilate
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dilate as in:  dilated eyes

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    They are measuring dilation in my arteries.
    dilation = widening
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    "But these pupils are dilated," she said.  (source)
    dilated = bigger than normal
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    "The pupils of his little eyes are not dilated," said Dr. Meescham.  (source)
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    Her thin little body trembled from head to foot; her face flushed and her eyes dilated until they were almost black; she clasped her hands tightly and said in an imploring voice: ...  (source)
    dilated = became bigger
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    I stand in the room, letting the pupils of my eyes dilate, like a cat's or owl's.†  (source)
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    The clockface itself was gone, replaced by a circular black hole that swelled and swelled like a dilating iris.†  (source)
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    The room must be reading her heartbeat, her sweat, her pupil dilation.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Romance, on the other hand, dilates upon their piety and heroism, and portrays, in her most glowing and impassioned hues, their virtue and magnanimity, the imperishable honor they acquired for themselves, and the great services they rendered to Christianity.†  (source)
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    After five years my body became so strong that I could control even the dilations of the pupils inside my irises.†  (source)
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    His pupils are dilated he's looking at me so hard.†  (source)
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    He watched her pupils dilate when he spread his hands over her breasts, cupped them.†  (source)
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    He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat.†  (source)
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    Now he was openly angry, betraying it in quickness of breathing, in dilation of nostrils, a steady stare.†  (source)
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