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'swell' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'swell' with 11 example sentences.


swell adjective

: excellent

swell noun

: the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

: a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

: a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

swell verb

: increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

: expand abnormally

: come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

: come up, as of a liquid

: cause to become swollen


  • Are your ankles swollen when you wake up in the morning?
  • His feet swell when he gets nervous.
  • I didn't know what made my leg swell up like that.
  • My eye has swollen up.
  • The river swelled rapidly because of the heavy rain.
  • The membership of the Boy Scout troop swelled.
  • The toothache made his face swell up.
  • A gust of wind swelled the sails.
  • She had a bad infection and her ovary swelled up.
  • I think you're swell.
  • The cheers swelled to a roar.
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