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
• And that's where the PC may be able to widen the gap again in the coming years.
  — Whitson Gordon, Wired, 29 Dec. 2020
• 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
• The shifts are needed for work to widen the bridges over the railroad.
  — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
• The cab was widened with the running boards inside the truck.
  — David Krumboltz, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
• 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
• The final phase of the project will widen Highway 46 on the way to Kern County.
  — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
• But deaths like his have the potential to widen the class divide in the decades to come.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
• What’s scary for the Oilers and the rest of the league is how much the Panthers widened the gap this second go-round.
  — Michael Russo, New York Times, 18 June 2025
• 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
• That will free up space to widen the sidewalks along the shops and restaurants and plant a new type of tree on each side of the street.
  — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 3 June 2021
• The gap will widen to $14.5 billion over the next decade without action.
  — Christen Smith, Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2021
• Bob cut his boat loose, shoved it into the water, and rowed across the gap that now had widened to about 50 feet.
  — Robert E. Houle, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025
• Sean Murphy pulled a two-run double inside the third-base line to widen the lead.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
• Joe, already with a huge lead, seems to widen it further.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2021
• The distance between what gets decided and what gets done will keep widening.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• When the widening project is complete, that portion of the interstate will include four lanes in each direction.
  — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2026
• The mismatch is widening, and so are the consequences.
  — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
• Advertisement Trevor’s eyes widen as particles swirl around them both.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 27 Jan. 2026