Sentence examples for causing it to swell from inspiring English sources
Five days up the river and they came upon another, flowing in from the mountains to the east to meet the Sacramento, causing it to swell and double its width to form a kind of bay, and at last they get a look at those who live here.
Metamucil capsules (Psyllium) are made from a natural type of fiber that attracts water to the colon, which is absorbed by the stool, causing it to swell and making it softer, which eases its passage out.
In five billion years, the Sun's swan song begins in earnest, causing it to swell up into a huge, ruddy parody of its present self, boiling away our oceans, and changing our planet's orbit.
Once bound, killer cells insert a protein called perforin into the target cell, causing it to swell and burst.
"The fibre in the outer husk is able to absorb very large amounts of water, causing it to swell and form a soothing gel.
They are called dumb canes, because if you chew the stems, slivers of calcium oxalate work into your tongue, causing it to swell up and rendering you temporarily dumb.
Struggling to keep her period costume in order, the star at first sang lustily against the laughter but a few moments later herself caused it to swell to a roar by drop-kicking the offending garment into the wings.
Flory realized that a chain will avoid intersection with itself and that this avoidance will cause it to swell significantly more than when it could form a random coil.
A police official said doctors told detectives that Ms. Simon suffered severe injuries to her brain that caused it to swell and that doctors would be watching her closely over the next 48 hours in the hopes that the swelling would subside.
When the thyroid does not have enough iodine to perform, it has to work harder, and this causes it to swell, making a goiter.
It is for these reasons that Nikephoros Ouranos emphasizes the need to have available "men with accurate knowledge and experience of the sea, which winds cause it to swell and which blow from the land.
