Sentences with 'widening'
Example sentences and phrases with the word widening and other words derived from it.
• « At the same time, the early socialists believed that there was nothing inherent in their ideas that threatened the rich; many socialists hoped that the privileged classes would recognise the validity of their ideas and that socialism was a way of bridging the class divide, not widening it. »
• « Although some experts say that the widening of the waistline in women who have given birth is due to stretching of the skin and muscles, recent studies suggest that part of the cause may lie in the accumulation of deep abdominal fat. »
• « The 1848 treaty with Mexico did not bring domestic peace to the United States. On the contrary, the acquisition of new territories reignited and intensified the debate over the future of slavery in the western territories, widening the growing divide between North and South and leading to the creation of new one-man parties. »