Sentence examples for expands like from inspiring English sources

It expands, like the universe.

I took out Mention of the elephant's Foot pad, how it expands "like a bag of jelly" When pressure is applied, meaning The weight of the elephant.

"The distillation of a particular life, lived against the grain of time", its significance expands like the rings of a tree-trunk.

This high-tech rolling cart expands like a Swiss Army knife and is filled with swing-out units -- some refrigerated and some heated -- to hold ingredients and tools.

When oil floats on the water's surface, wind and currents can cause it to gather into long ribbons; when it is dispersed in three dimensions, it expands like smoke from a smokestack and never coalesces again.

This compelling piece slowly expands like a night-blooming rose, giving the tortured texts, extracted from the writer's letters and journals, a fragrance that the printed word alone cannot convey.

"While the economy may not be expanding like gangbusters," he added, "modest improvement in growth is likely as we move into 2012".

It expanded, like an accordion.

Thistle heads expand like burst pillows.

Brief moments playfully expanded like "Tristram Shandy," "Ulysses".

"You can see them visibly expand, like little grapes".