splay
Example Sentences
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They’re easily startled and may arch their back and splay their hands, as if to say, “The world is stressful for me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025
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
Gallons of the dark fluid burst out in a great splay across the workshop floor.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
