splay
Example Sentences
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Her legs splay, tilt and leap readily into pratfall action.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024
Comparing the findings of the 1964 earthquake core samples to samples deeper in the coastal stratigraphy, the research team discovered sedimentary and diatom evidence of three other instances where the splay fault ruptured.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2024
Too many such cells caused the sepals to splay and expose the petals prematurely.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 23, 2023
Branches splay out widely and become roosting places for choirs of myna birds.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023
Richard Smaltrot is he with the short step, and not Richard Crowfoot, whose feet splay out like fans.”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
