Word: swollenness
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...Archangel, protested at a relic of the Little Flower, cried "That burns, that scorches!" when holy water was sprinkled. A prayer to Mary the Immaculate Conception "caused a bloating of the woman's body." The woman appeared "emaciated at times, her face fiery red at others, her lips swollen to the size of hands, her abdomen so hard at one time that it bent the iron bedstead to the floor. Wise old Father Theophilus, who said he knew the energumen would recover, had to dissuade the others from having last rites given...
...days in a slipper tub, nude to the waist, a dressing-gown thrown across his shoulders, his head bound in vinegar-soaked muslin, fighting arthritis, eczema and the great heat. His flesh corrupting, his blood poisoned, death was only a matter of weeks. His lead-colored features were swollen and disfigured with sores; his eyes, bloodshot arid yellow-grey, were nevertheless serene. He spoke to her gently. Awaiting her opportunity, she gave him details of an uprising in Caen. When he pushed aside his proof to note the information, she approached him, drew the knife from her pocket and "with...
...hours the lost pair stumbled over the barren Valley floor, their feet blistered, their lips cracked, their tongues swollen. Often crossing their own footprints, they realized they were circling hopelessly. At last, completely exhausted, they lay down beside a dry mudhole to await their fate. There last week a searching airplane pilot finally spied little Agnes feebly waving a blanket...
...from shale and coal; the necessary equipment, however, would cost billions of dollars. "Alcohol," said Dr. Brooks, "as a motor fuel is a question of politics and farm subsidies, not of economics," cannot compete with gasoline until the price of gasoline rises fivefold. Therefore he could only conclude that swollen prices and greater dependence on foreign sources were close at hand...
...dressing room mentally counting the $88,000 which was his share of the proceeds, urbane Ex-Champion Baer sipped a bottle of beer, displayed a broken right hand, a left hand with a badly swollen knuckle. ''No alibi," said he cheerfully. "Jim fought a good fight and I hope he's more appreciative of the title than I was. ... I really think I ought to quit...