Which preposition to use with widens
The river widened into a small lake, and here the wind struck her in the face with such force that her weight was taken from the strap, and Kazan dragged the sledge alone.
Thus it was that upon a sunny afternoon he wandered beside a little rivulet, bowered in alder and willow: here, a merry brook that prattled over pebbly bed and laughed among stones and mossy boulders, there a drowsy stream that, widening to dreamy pool, stayed its haste to woo down-bending branches with soft, kissing noises.
Only the vaguest possible idea," I added hastily, as his eyes widened with interest; "altogether too vague to be put into words.
" Patriciawith eyes widened in admiration at his rhetoric,had turned an enticing shade of pink.
Oh, the gulf that widened and widened between us!
The breach thus made was greatly widened at the period of the crusades.
The neck should be of moderate length and thickness, gradually widening towards the shoulders and free from throatiness.
For the order to advance came at last, and after a two weeks' weary journey along the road which had been widened for the passage of wagons and artillery, we reached our destination and went into quarters there.
To the east were the mountains sheltering a valley through which the frozen river wound like a silver ribbon, widening toward the sea.
" The laugh somehow died away, as if a sudden fit of sickness had carried it off, while a broad smile widened on the faces of the other boys, notably including Dick Lee; but the baggage-checks were to be looked after, and there were seats in the sleeping-car to be secured.
He saw that it was so bright it cast a halo, and the halo widened before his own staring eyes until the dense gloom about it seemed to be melting away.
The schism between us widened from this time more and more, though we continued for some years longer to be companions.
" She sat for a moment, her stare widening above the palm clapped tightly against her mouth.
At the moment when Linforth watched the crown of light above Stromboli, the glare was widening over the hill country of Chiltistan.
It was an experience they both remembered all their livesthat slow, halting groping through the winding cavern, where the rocky walls narrowed or widened without warning and the roof rose to great heights or dropped so low they must crawl on hands and knees.
It was as if a thrill widened through the room, like a ripple over water.
In this case, when the entire weight is thrown on to the heels, the portion of wall posterior to the crack is bound to participate unduly in the downward movement, and so tend to widening of the crack at its highest point.
And now, instead of their rushing toward the crack, it seemed to be flying at them, widening like the jaws of a terrible dragon.
Unless my instinct fails me, he will have his social experience considerably widened during the coming season, even if his trustful nature is not strengthened.
"Now is there any more of you who would like to fight this out?" There was no answer although the ring widened under the threat of my eyes, and I met sullen faces here and there.
However, it would scarcely interest the reader to detail how these two great men quarrelled, and how the split between them widened until from the Microlepidoptera they were at war upon every open question in entomology.
(AFTER HAÜBNER.) 1, Tendon of flexor perforans; 2, its supporting check-band from the posterior ligament of the carpus; 3, tendon of the flexor perforatus; 4, ring and sheath of the flexor perforatus; 5, widening out of the flexor perforatus to form the plantar aponeurosis; 6, suspensory ligament; 7, reinforcing band from the suspensory ligament to the extensor pedis; 8, the extensor pedis.
These have been widened beyond conjecture; the members of our Confederacy are already doubled, and the numbers of our people are incredibly augmented.