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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adjective

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

accurate knowledge

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distended

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/dɪˈstɛndɪd/Used In Literature ↓

To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

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. distendedbladder distendedabdomen distendedstomach distendedneck distendeddistended greatlydistended becomedistended becomes
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Poetry examples for distended

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

extraordinary arms through an an- gle of ridiculous velocity commenting

upon an un- clean table.and,whose distended immense Both paws slowly

loved a dinted mug

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