How to Use widen in a Sentence

widen

verb

• The city is going to widen the road.
• They went swimming at a spot where the river widens.
• Her eyes widened in surprise.
• The scope of the investigation has widened.
• They plan to widen the investigation.
• Just kind of widen that breadth of what the band can be.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2022
• The purchase was meant to widen the bank’s reach to the lower rungs of the wealthy there.
  — Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
• The window by the kitchen sink was widened to add more light.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
• Her eyes widen, and a small smile forms at the corners of her mouth.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2023
• The gaps appear to widen as the hiring process chugs along.
  — Sarah Green Carmichael, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2024
• That feels like what the notion of widening the lens is all about.
  — Maya Layne, Vogue, 26 June 2024
• The project will lengthen and widen the northbound ramp at the exit.
  — oregonlive, 29 July 2022
• That is not fair when widening the lens and looking at his life.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
• But the gap between those who have wealth and those who don’t is widening.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• My eyes widen and find Angela’s with the same question.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 19 July 2023
• The Salmon, widening, seemed almost devoid of fish, and the sky was eerily free of birds.
  — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• Now, Houston should be getting C.J. Stroud back, and the rookie ought to widen that gap.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• The bridge is there, but it has been widened into a modern two-lane highway.
  — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Sep. 2024
• An instant later, Donn’s eyes widened and his jaw dropped as his brain clicked.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
• But new rules have widened the scope of places where men can be stopped and questioned about their draft status.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
• The Chiefs cashed in three plays later with another touchdown pass to widen the lead to eight.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024
• There’s a moment when the eyes of a child sparkle and widen as a fishing line, tugged taut, begins to sing while rushing from the reel.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
• The series does start to pick up around the middle of the eight-episode season, as cracks in the girls’ friendship widen into rifts and then chasms.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2022
• As the body tries to cool down, blood vessels widen, redirecting hot blood from the core of your body toward the surface.
  — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
• This drop allows the safeties to widen and create an umbrella look for the offense.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
• In the 1980s, the definition widened until the Cold War ended.
  — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
• The project includes repairing and widening walkways around the Tidal Basin.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• And so, when programming the latest edition, the Series Mania brass looked to widen the field.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023
• By increasing the amount of blood flowing through the body and speed, this widens blood vessels and allows heat to escape.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 July 2023
• Slowly, the trail widened with signs of civilization: hoed rows of plantings, waxy horses.
  — Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024