Speaking with manager Leo Durocher, he claimed to feel a painless pop in his elbow as he threw a pitch; two hours later, the elbow had swollen "as big as a football" and visibly bruised, ending his season.
Her lips were as swollen as a clown's.
In the 2000s, insurance costs swelled as a concern, but have since declined sharply.
He misstated medical science, telling the jury that Roderius's brain had swelled as a result of suffocation.
A boa constrictor, as swollen as a fire hose, was coiled in a terrarium, his split tongue testing the air.
Lottie in pregnancy was as swollen as a beach ball; afterward, she never recovered her neat boxy little figure, or that dreamily submissive phase of her personality.
His lips, tongue, and windpipe can swell — as a person's would in the event of a severe allergic reaction — and his teeth can be knocked out.
Partly, that is because the rally has inflated account values, but they have also swelled as a result of new cash inflows.
The New Yorker, October 31 , 1931 P. 11Two youngsters, looking at foreign car in Park Avenue agency, agree that it is almost as swell as a taxi inside.
By Harold Ross The New Yorker, October 31 , 1931 P. 11Two youngsters, looking at foreign car in Park Avenue agency, agree that it is almost as swell as a taxi inside.
