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Six example sentences with distend, each labelled with its topic.
After the meal the patient's abdomen began to distend, and the nurse called for an ultrasound before evening rounds.
Medicine
Steam trapped under the pastry lid makes it distend into a golden dome before the crust finally cracks.
Cooking
Engineers filled the airship model with helium and watched the fabric panels distend until every seam was under tension.
Technology
A calling frog's throat pouch will distend like a balloon, amplifying a sound that carries across the whole pond.
Environment
The trumpeter's cheeks distend on the high notes, a habit his teacher spent years trying to correct.
Music
The glassblower lets the molten bubble distend on the pipe, turning it steadily so the walls stay even.
Art
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