expanse

Example Sentences

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I walk a frozen Bothnian Gulf at Nallikari, an obscured lighthouse, a delinquent lifeguard stand, and makeshift saunas stand on white expanse like archaeology.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Silent, Javier Perez walked through the expanse of destroyed vehicles accompanied by his family.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

The view outside his window is a vast expanse of white as far as the eye can see, smoothed over by an equally vast layer of pure blue.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

I knew I would love the expanse of time to do what I wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Beyond and above spread an expanse of sky, dark blue as at twilight: rising into the sky was a woman’s shape to the bust, portrayed in tints as dusk and soft as I could combine.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë