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• The new fleet of trains comes with widened gangways and improved seating.From the entry gangway
• Angioplasty is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins.From the entry minimally invasive
• The waist of a bell widens into the lip.From the entry waist
• The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.From the entry widening
• Having preestablished that the murder weapon did not belong to the hotel, the detective widened her field of enquiry.From the entry preestablish
• In America, the gap between haves and have-nots is enormous, and has been widening for years.2024 September 25, Emi Nietfeld, “The Rich and the Poor: How inequality messes with teenagers’ minds”, in Slate. From the entry hypersalient
• These have recently widened to include foreign nationals and firms, heightening worries in the international business community.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2023. From the entry crackdown
• A political scientist might say that the Overton window of acceptable ideas has widened.2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times. From the entry Overton window
• And to prove how alive and kicking their stupid twinsy bond was, Ford’s eyes widened.2020, Tracey Alvarez, Stewart Island: The Complete Series, Icon Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry twinsy
• Platforms would be widened and covered by canopies with heated waiting areas for passengers.2019 October, “Consultation on University Station designs”, in Modern Railways, page 17. From the entry canopy
• I just finished an order for my manscaper, Dolleen Doyle.” “Man what?” Birdie's eyes widened.2016, Mary Marks, Something's Knot Kosher, →ISBN. From the entry manscaper
• The peribacteroid space widened locally and bacteroids' cytoplasm became heterogeneous (Fig 5E ).2015 October 24, “Phylogeny of Symbiotic Genes and the Symbiotic Properties of Rhizobia Specific to Astragalus glycyphyllos L.”, in PLOS…. From the entry peribacteroid
• A widened alveoloarterial oxygen tension difference with hypoxaemia is frequently seen in patients with P. jiroveci pneumonia.2015, Konrad E. Bloch, Thomas Brack, Anita K. Simonds, editors, Self-Assessment in Respiratory Medicine, 2nd edition, European Respiratory…. From the entry alveoloarterial
• The ghostling's lavender eyes widened as his hand gripped Knot's arm.2010, Lyncee Shillard, Treasure Hunt. From the entry ghostling
• His climb-down from the "hard, secular" image was mainly to widen his support base.2003 September 27, “Mulyam shows his ‘secular’ face again, hits out at BJP”, in India Times, retrieved 30 Jun 2011. From the entry climb down
• The subcostal vein is very short, club-shapedly widened at the apex.2002, Entomological Revue, page 220. From the entry shapedly
• Work is going on to widen the road to make it busable.1998, Minakshi Chaudhry, Exploring Pangi Himalaya: a world beyond civilization, page 292. From the entry busable
• “All you have to do is make a cone that widens as it goes up Dom’s arm.1993, Janis Flores, chapter 32, in Siren Song, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Gold Medal, →ISBN, page 483. From the entry Jill of all trades, mistress of none
• These inscriptions are in Mongolian and thus widen the appliqué's international connections.1990 April, Orientations. From the entry mongolian
• Before the widening of the eastern line, trains from Taipei could only travel as far as Hualien.1982 July 4, “Newly widened railway boost for East Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 26, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1. From the entry Taitung
• "I came to bespeech you again — " His eyes widen.1970, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 39. From the entry bespeech
• The prince had the two old canals of the Wu kings widened, deepened, and lined with rock.[1967, Lyn Harrington, “Sui—"The Son of a Talented Father Shows Talent"”, in The Grand Canal of China, Rand McNally & Company, →LCCN…. From the entry Qiantang
• After orthodontic widening of right half and repair of forebite (c, d).1963, Acta chirurgiae plasticae - Page 299. From the entry forebite
• The land between the road and the gully widened; the gully grew shallower.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3. From the entry immortelle
• I watched the soft folds of metallic satin rolling in ever widening furls astern the boat.1948, Roy Wall, The Contemplative Angler. From the entry astern
• As we approached Tingri, the valley widened out and bent round to the South.1922, C. K. Howard-Bury, “From Khamba Dzong through Unknown Country to Tingri”, in Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921, Longmans…. From the entry Tingri
• Fireman Foreman's loose-lipped mouth widened in a filial grin, dentally interesting.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry dentally
• Ekin-Su doesn't flatten herself to widen her appeal to audiences.2022 August 16, Katja Vujić, “An Ode to Ekin-Su, TV's Best Reality Star”, in The Cut, archived from the original on 10 May 2023. From the entry millennial pause
• The skirt, which I am in love with, hugs my hips and thighs, then widens to pool at my feet.2021 November 10, Lilith McCall, Make You Love Me, After Hours Publications, →ISBN. From the entry snatched waist
• Their different practices, or askeses, of attachment widen their conceptions of the divine, the self, and longing itself.2017, Holly Hillgardner, “Longing and Letting Go Together: Comparative Practices of Passionate Non-attachment”, in Longing and Letting Go…. From the entry askesis
• Deadass," He said from the bathroom and my eyes widened.2017, Amber Shanel, He Was the Savage for Me, Columbus, G.A.: Talehia Presents, →ISBN, page 116. From the entry deadass
• Her eyes widened when she looked at it.2015, Jeremy Bouma, “Prosperous”, in God Says You Are: Understanding Your Identity in Christ, Racine, Wis.: BroadStreet Publishing Group…. From the entry peely
• He released Melanie as his eyes widened in shock.2014 January 1, Claire Chilton, Deceased Dora (Teen Fantasy Series), Ragz Books, →ISBN. From the entry Fredward
• And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility.2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013. From the entry breach

Meaning of widen

1. verb To become wide or wider.
2. verb To make wide or wider.
3. verb To let out clothes to a larger size.

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How do you use widen in a sentence?

Widen is used as a verb. For example: “His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.”

What is a short sentence with widen?

“The police widened their enquiries.”

What does widen mean?

Widen means to become wide or wider.