splay
Example Sentences
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Her legs splay, tilt and leap readily into pratfall action.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024
"The island is kind of stuck in the middle of these splay faults, so anytime these splay faults rupture, it's actually recording the uplift," DePaolis said.
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
She rustled in the tatters of her dress, groped for her smoking pipe, then remembered she was out of tobacco and let her hands splay restlessly in her lap.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
