Sentence examples for swelled above from inspiring English sources

The river swelled above the tree line.

The river swelled above its banks, flooding whatever was in its way.

Soon the homeless ranks in Elmsford had swelled above 500, mostly with people from Mount Vernon and Yonkers, but also from as far away as Oregon and Hawaii.

But within a year the numbers had swelled above 25,000.

As streams and rivers swelled above their banks, cellars and streets became inundated by floodwaters.

They twist and swell above ground zero as if trapped by and resisting its magnetic pull.

Nicknamed the Walkie-Talkie, the building would swell above its neighbours in a bullying bulge – but all would be forgiven for the astonishing new public space at its summit.

As European Union finance ministers met to discuss whether to allow the European Commission to start enforcement proceedings against France for allowing its budget deficit to swell above mandated levels, even the most consistent critic of Paris, Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm of the Netherlands, appeared resigned to compromise.

Such heavy rainfall caused 20 rivers to swell above flood stages.

Stenolaema because its perianth tube is straight and not swollen above the middle.

Eurylaema, defined as containing those species with one sterile stamen, and perianth tubes that are curved and swollen above the middle.