How to Use swelling in a Sentence

swelling

noun

• There was a swelling above her eye.
• The swelling around her eye should subside in a few days.
• Just to take the swelling down.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
• Roberts said the swelling is in the back of the knee.
  — ABC News, 12 June 2026
• My swelling has gone down, but the pain still comes in bursts.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2021
• Do not ignore the pain and swelling.
  — Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
• Notice the swelling at the base of the branch?
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
• The swelling could cause big problems.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
• By then, the swelling had reached my elbow.
  — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
• Mild swelling appears at first.
  — Emrah Cinik, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
• The swelling had lessened, too.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
• The pain, swelling, and this dark spot had to mean something.
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
• When the gland’s duct is blocked, a swelling or stye may result.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
• This is bad to the bone, so to speak, causing very bad pain and swelling.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• There may also be a swelling in the lymph node under the jaw.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
• My bones hurt in my body because the swelling was so intense.
  — Courtney Biggs, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2023
• When the swelling on his brain goes down enough, the piece of skull can to be replaced.
  — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 6 May 2026
• Warm or cold compresses may help ease gland swelling.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
• For the first time in years, the swelling and pain disappeared.
  — Suzy Katz, Health, 16 May 2025
• That swelling can press on nerves, causing numbness or pain.
  — Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
• This point is when her sight starts to return; this point is where the swelling goes down.
  — Clint Worthington, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2021
• Gout attacks can cause severe swelling and pain.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026
• Steroids bring the swelling down, and her sight slowly returns.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2021
• Doctors had to remove the front part of her skull due to brain swelling.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• This swelling can press against nearby brain tissue and nerves.
  — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
• The skull is then left open until the swelling or pressure have gone down.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
• The drug, made by Alzheon, didn't cause brain swelling or bleeding.
  — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
• Dutcher said the swelling in the knee is down, but his calf has tightened.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
• The swelling looks like a tiny volcano rising up from the curve of his skull.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
• This may look like swelling, bubbling, or splitting at the seams.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 25 May 2026