How to Use enlarge in a Sentence

enlarge

verb
  • We had the photograph enlarged.
  • This can then enlarge the wound and attract more flies to lay eggs.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
  • As the days lengthen again in spring, the bulbs will start to enlarge.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Río wants to enlarge the gap, but Tokyo tells him there’s no time.
    — Tara Ariano, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2021
  • And if that doesn’t work out, please enlarge your circle of friends.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • The amygdala, the seat of fear, enlarges.
    — Big Think, 1 May 2026
  • Melanocytes, which are skin cells that produce melanin, enlarge.
    — Melanie Rud, Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • When the cat is in play mode the pupils may enlarge as the cat may be ready to pounce on a toy.
    — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Dec. 2019
  • This act of dream-reading both enlarges his life and frees the dreams from their shelves.
    — Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The Tates had paid to have her teeth fixed, and then to have her breasts enlarged.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • And that enlarged muscle starts to hurt, which can, in turn, cause headaches, too.
    — Tori Crowther, Allure, 15 Mar. 2023
  • And that enlarged muscle starts to hurt, which can, in turn, cause headaches, too.
    — Tori Crowther, Allure, 15 Mar. 2023
  • And the medicine that does that only enlarges her heart a little bit!
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 July 2024
  • Click on Pierre's image and then click on it again to enlarge it.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2018
  • The spots are small at first but enlarge to a reddish-brown color.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Then, use a drywall saw to enlarge the hole along the pencil lines.
    — New York Times, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The fire has enlarged to the north and the east, officials said.
    — Claire Rafford, azcentral, 20 June 2019
  • If more room is needed for tree care, enlarge the area of clear soil as needed.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • And if they can be made to bear children, his work force will be enlarged at little cost.
    — Alida Becker, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • Except there’s no need to enlarge the picture.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
  • Your tongue might be sore, and the small bumps on your tongue (papillae) might become swollen and enlarged.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 21 Jan. 2024
  • In some species, their hearts are enlarged to pump more blood, or their digestive tracts grow and then shrink.
    — Elizabeth Landau, Quanta Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • The left side of the heart works harder, causing that side to enlarge and the heart to weaken.
    — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2020
  • The most dramatic changes happened in the kitchen, where walls were bumped out to square off and enlarge the space.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2020
  • This seems likely to have played some role in enlarging the scale of the disaster.
    — Sean W. Fleming, WIRED, 14 May 2018
  • The spots enlarge and are mirrored on the undersurface of the leaf with a white downy growth.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2015
  • If one section of the web catches more prey, the spider may enlarge that part in the future.
    — Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic, 30 May 2017
  • To get the heavy equipment into the domes, workers have to enlarge the opening.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
  • That explains why bus drivers don’t have enlarged hippocampi.
    — Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Eventually, the spots enlarge, and the entire leaf may be killed and dropped off the plant.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 July 2025

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