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She saw a pipe and the skin distending, and heard the sound.

The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

When Tommy learned that "distending" meant that his stomach was being stretched, he was delighted.

The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause Gertrude W. Morrison

"I saw the film again a couple of nights ago at the premiere and ... my God, my lips are like the lips of a horse, kind of distending independently away from my face and trying to encompass the lower half of hers."

Gawker 2009

The man on the right was only slightly taller than Tara, a beer belly distending the stylized pattern of hibiscus flowers on his Hawaiian shirt.

Rogue Oracle 2011

The man on the right was only slightly taller than Tara, a beer belly distending the stylized pattern of hibiscus flowers on his Hawaiian shirt.

Rogue Oracle 2011

George regarded him silently, his nostrils distending and his lean fingers unconsciously crooking like an eagle's talons about to clutch.

CREATED HE THEM 2010

The baby boomers were a population frog moving through the snake of American cultural history, distending its shape by the outsize percentage of the population they represented.

Alberta Hunter: Don't Trust Anyone Under 80 Con Chapman 2011

Physiologically this large drink will also contribute to some health issues, distending the stomach to twice its regular size.

Valerie Orsoni: Schifoodphrenic Nation Valerie Orsoni 2011

Physiologically this large drink will also contribute to some health issues, distending the stomach to twice its regular size.

Valerie Orsoni: Schifoodphrenic Nation Valerie Orsoni 2011

The toxin - called cytolethal distending toxin, or CDT - appears to affect the nerve cells that control the muscles in the gut, weakening the "cleaning waves" and leading to the chronic problems of IBS.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Link Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Bacteria M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010