Widen

//ˈwaɪdn̩//

"Widen" in a Sentence (14 examples)

Television helps us widen our knowledge.

They're trying to widen the road to the village.

They need to widen the road.

Algiers needs to widen its streets.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet warned the coronavirus pandemic is likely to widen existing inequalities around the world if left unchecked, with the poor, the disabled, the homeless, minorities, women and elderly among others most at risk.

Acts like burning the Quran only serve to widen the gap between different religious communities and hinder progress towards unity.

The library's collection includes printed archive material, such as handwritten letters and old newspaper stories, but a major effort is under way to digitize the holdings to preserve them and widen their availability.

His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.

But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.

She widened his trousers for him.

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The police widened their enquiries.

While the primary focus of the Sexual Orientation Committee had been to lobby for gay rights legislation, the new Task Force hopes to widen its activities. The Task Force ― in addition to lobbying — hopes to function as an "umbrella organization," facilitating communication between the state's many gay groups.

Correspondent Gerardo Arreola interviewed Castro Espín for the Jan. 9, 2006, issue of La Jornada about the move to widen rights for transsexuals.

to widen a short variable to an int variable

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