Sentence examples for widen as from inspiring English sources

Their eyes widen as if Hannibal's elephants approach.

Ibrahim's eyes widen as he coolly rejects this claim: "Bribery is usually given under the table.

His eyes widen, as if an angel is offering him a warm plate of cookies.

Every time the ladder comes down, his button eyes widen as he stares at the portal in the ceiling.

And this gap is likely to widen as senior American regulators press for an even higher leverage ratio.

Some at the commission say they believe that situation will not endure, and that realized spreads will widen as well.

If that gender gap between the two candidates begins to widen as the night progresses, Mr. Santorum could find himself on the losing side tonight.

However, the gap between countries will widen as people in less developed nations increasingly adopt "industrialised lifestyles" – smoking and drinking more, and eating more highly processed food.

Their eyes widen as they argue over what should be worth packing and taking with them amid the permanent loss of their domesticity.

And his eyes widen as he thinks about advancing this technology to the point that Microsoft can emphasize the piracy issue directly to customers.

It is one of those syndromes that causes the doctor's eyes to widen as he says, "I've never actually seen this before".