Both Uses of
distend
in
Death Comes for the Archbishop
- Then, with a look of horror beyond anything language could convey, she threw back her head and drew the edge of her palm quickly across her distended throat—and vanished.†
Part 2 *
- His mouth was the very assertion of violent, uncurbed passions and tyrannical self-will; the full lips thrust out and taut, like the flesh of animals distended by fear or desire.†
Part 5
Definition:
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(distend) to extend -- especially the swelling outward of a part of the body; e.g., the stomach