How to Use enlargement in a Sentence

enlargement

noun
  • The plans call for an enlargement of the company's offices.
  • Symptoms include enlargement of the lymph nodes.
  • Stoltenberg would have been so certain in their rhetoric about the enlargement.
    — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
  • For some men, chest enlargement is simply fat.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the drugs are now used to treat male pattern baldness or prostate enlargement.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2020
  • Plans for its enlargement would be debated for decades, to this day.
    — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Sea moss is rich in minerals, which can help fight prostate enlargement.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • That can lead to swelling and enlargement of hemorrhoids.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Breast enlargement is seen and may or may not include the production of milk.
    — Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • That quality has more to do with the enlargement of our spirit.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Three or four times a night is not common in young men without a reason such as prostate enlargement.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The fine details of the cart itself look pretty muddy due to the enlargement.
    — Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2020
  • There have, however, been setbacks in the process of enlargement.
    — Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
  • In turn, feeding by the mite results in slight enlargements of the fruiting structure, called galls.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 14 May 2026
  • Other symptoms can include mild enlargement of the liver or spleen, swollen glands, or swelling at the site of the bite.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 4 May 2020
  • That’s not compatible with the opening of an enlargement process right now.
    — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system and can cause lymph node enlargement as well.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Over time, this can lead to enlargement of the heart's left ventricle, which is the heart chamber that pushes blood through to the body.
    — Anisha Shah, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Persistent edema can lead to the enlargement of the heart muscle, known as cardiomegaly.
    — Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
  • So where does the magic of this 10x soundstage enlargement happen?
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The strains from enlargement have inevitably changed the bloc, but are unlikely to destroy it, Lehne said.
    — Steven Erlanger, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2017
  • That conflict prompted proponents of the dam enlargement to seek a workaround.
    — Emily Cadei and Dale Kasler, sacbee, 19 Mar. 2018
  • This will result in the enlargement of blood vessels near the skin’s surface, causing redness, swelling and itching.
    — Patricia A. MacCulloch, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022
  • This enlargement of the larynx lengthens and thickens the vocal cords, which lowers vocal pitch.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The legacy of that historic enlargement was a mixture of frustration and fatigue.
    — Laszlo Bruszt, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2024
  • After puberty, when the long bones of the body are sealed, patients with acromegaly get bigger from soft-tissue enlargement but cannot grow taller.
    — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 27 June 2018
  • The church also built a new educational wing, an enlargement of the sanctuary and the chapel wing.
    — Evan Casey, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022
  • Some could argue that by pursuing the trade, the state is consenting to the monument enlargement.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Letters used in the headline are three feet tall, and are an exact enlargement of the type used by The Times in front page headlines.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 10 June 2017
  • These small, grainy and sometimes blurry black-and-whites show the train and are a stark contrast to Fusco’s enlargements, in sharp color.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018

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