splayed

Example Sentences

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Splayed out like Wile E. Coyote smashed into a wall, the “rat splat” is incredibly well defined and prompts many puzzling questions for a viewer: How did this get here?

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2024

Splayed across these pages is the dark terror that lurks within any creative person’s breast: the embarrassing facts that might demolish the glorious claims made in the name of literary invention.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2022

Splayed fingers struggling to reach strings, me toppling under the weight.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2019

Splayed on her bathroom floor, she couldn’t reach the phone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2016

Splayed out between my textbooks, with a bent cover, is the how-to magic book that Mitch gave me.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy