Sentence examples for were widened from inspiring English sources
verb
To become wide or wider.
- His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
Bathroom stalls were widened.
Roads were widened, then widened again, and strip malls became ubiquitous.
In the early 2000s, they were widened by a few feet.
Over time, the sandy footpaths connecting one cluster of homes to another were widened, and later paved.
In the tradition of the Champs-Élysées, the sidewalks were widened, curbside parking removed and stone buildings scrubbed.
Thus, protruding edges were rounded off, corridors were widened, and the upper rooms divided by moveable screens.
Doorways were widened for her son's wheelchair, and a sturdy wooden ramp was installed on one side of the house.
In Freudian psychology, earlier concepts of sexuality were widened to cover all activities from which one derives pleasure.
In 1996, American sanctions were widened to penalise any foreign company that invested more than $40m in Libya's oil industry.
Traditionally UK-centric, the parameters were widened this year to reflect a digital age in which national boundaries have become largely irrelevant.
