Sentence examples for became wider from inspiring English sources

Things became wider, faster.

And then it became wider still.(Picture credit: AFP).

During her reign sleeves became wider and costumes more elaborate.

The cleavages and fissures within society were always apparent, and after 9/11 they became wider and starker.

There were violent outbreaks that were sternly suppressed, and the gulf between Britain and India became wider than ever before.

The rift became wider when Peppiatt announced he was about to become a father for the first time.

The most notable advance was the redesign launched in April 2006, when pages became wider, simpler and faster.

The gap between these countries' borrowing costs and Germany's became wider than at any time since the birth of the single currency.

As the strike zone became wider, in practice, hitters could barely reach some of the strikes that were being called on them.

Their rift became wider when an Istanbul prosecutor summoned Hakan Fidan, Turkey's spy chief and one of Mr Erdogan's closest allies, for questioning over links to Kurdish PKK rebels.

The farthingale became wider and, by the 1580s, was extended by a padded sausage known as a bum roll or barrel, which was tied around the waist under the skirt.