1.   His throat swelled shut, and by the time he was airlifted to Desert Samaritan Medical Center the anesthesiologist was hard-pressed to find an airway.

2.   If your eyes swell shut and you experience severe blistering, go to the hospital.

3.   When she sprayed a cub that was breaking into a car, she said, the little bear just threw up and its eyes swelled shut.

4.   She had hives so bad that her eyes had swollen shut.