1.   After the rains, the river was swollen.

2.   It was said that the rains had swollen a river to a point where it was threatening a bridge on the line.

3.   The river was swollen with melted snow.

4.   Water drained off fields throughout the day, swelling rivers.

5.   Heavy rains swelled the river.

6.   All the bridges were out, the phone lines were severed, and the rivers were swollen.

7.   Gushing torrents of muddy water swelled the rivers and careened through the country, destroying property in a flash.

8.   In Calcutta, when the river is not swollen with monsoon rains, life bustles on its crowded, muddy banks.

9.   Rucker said one lingering concern is whether that rain plus rain in Georgia could swell rivers running through Florida and cause flooding in neighboring towns.

10.   The river was swollen by rain and the going was difficult.