During the first days of our journey, his hand swelled alarmingly.

The hand swelled, and he received therapy for the last week and a half.

Her broken hand had swelled past the wrist, and burned to the touch.

The hand had swelled to three times its size, then turned blue, and finally black.

For the past week my hands have been swelling as with dropsy.

My hand was swelling as if this were an insect's venomous work.

"Finally my hands swelled to the point where I couldn't hold my briefcase," she said.

I drink water when walking, but notice my hands swell a little and feel stiff.

"I think my hand is swelling a little," Mike said.

His wounded hand had swelled up just a little.