With Child (Adjective)
Meaning
In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She was big with child when the influenza pandemic broke out, making her particularly vulnerable to illness.
- The first lady was great with child when she stepped off the plane, taking care to navigate the stairs carefully.
- Her advanced stage of pregnancy made it difficult to move around, as she was far gone with child.
- When she was six months pregnant, her friends joked that she was again with child, just a year after giving birth to her first child.
- The artist's depiction of the pregnant Madonna showed her walking with a gentle smile, great with child as if about to give birth.