How to Use dilated in a Sentence

dilated

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  • And there was the option of lasering away dilated blood vessels.
    — Alice Gregory, Allure, 28 Apr. 2019
  • So Weiss sent most critical patients, those with dilated pupils and a slow pulse, straight to Sunrise.
    — Alden Woods, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Her cognitive load and heart rate slowed, and her pupils became less dilated, all signs of relaxation.
    — New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Others couldn’t speak or had abnormally dilated pupils caused by pressure in the brain.
    — Thomas M. Burton, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
  • The child became lethargic and displayed dilated pupils after eating candy from trick-or-treating, Sgt.
    — Alyssa Stoney, azcentral, 5 Nov. 2019
  • First responders have accused Assad of targeting the Douma hospital with a poisonous chlorine bomb, and said that whole families were found dead with dilated pupils and foam at their mouths.
    — Jewish Journal, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Possible side effects include dryness of the skin, mouth, eyes, nose and throat; sore throat; headaches; blurred vision and dilated pupils; and constipation and trouble urinating.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 30 June 2018
  • In March 2017, the coroner revealed that the singer died of natural causes and suffered a dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Meanwhile, harm reduction counselors and fellow drug users keep an eye on one another, checking for dilated pupils or labored breathing.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Although physicians can use a test in which a puff of air is blown into your eye for screening, official diagnosis requires a dilated exam to scrutinize the optic nerve as well as other tests.
    — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Redness-reducing eye drops work by constricting your dilated blood vessels, which does clear up the redness temporarily.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 May 2018
  • Cruising silently past a cast member in the inky blackness, undetected mere inches from their unseeing, wildly dilated eyes, crew members glimpse grief, agony, fear, joy, all of it framed by an unearthly green halo.
    — Patrick Blanchfield, Esquire, 1 Aug. 2017
  • This dietary supplement is an antioxidant amino acid that helps increase the generation of nitric oxide, which can support healthy and dilated blood vessels.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Hypothermia starts with symptoms like shivering and slurred speech, and escalates to dazed consciousness, irrational behavior, decreased heart rate, dilated pupils and uncontrollable shivering in waves.
    — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The most likely possibility is a hypertrophic (enlarged heart) over a dilated (expanded/weakened) myopathy.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2017
  • According to the doctors, the baby’s kidneys were more dilated than usual, and also underdeveloped, a relatively common condition, affecting up to 30 percent of unborn babies.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2019
  • Give-away symptoms include dilated eyes, disorientation and anxiety, Speiser said.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2018
  • Their baby’s kidneys were more dilated than usual and underdeveloped, a relatively common condition.
    — Colleen Cronin, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019

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