The arteries are always full and each contraction of the ventricle pumps more blood into them; this distends their elastic walls and sends along them a wave which gradually becomes less perceptible as it nears the very small arteries.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
This pressure increases the volume of the cell, and in consequence water rushes in through the permeable membrane and still further distends the cell.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc
Leather-like but feather-light- It drapes and folds and distends to perfection.
"Something Else Again"
Franklin P. Adams