sprawl
Example Sentences
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They have been a part of the city landscape since the 1930s, when urban sprawl began to encroach on their rural territory.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
The sheer sprawl of the record—24 tracks, 100 minutes—is daunting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Instead it sent him on empty assignments, like meandering the vacuous desert sprawl.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026
Layer in a few tactile moments: handwritten menus or place cards if that’s your vibe, or simply a stack of good blankets and genuinely comfortable pillows for that glorious post-meal sprawl on the couch.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025
The doors are open, and I see a sprawl of things stolen from the human world, matchbooks, newspapers, empty bottles, novels, and Polaroids.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Vocabulary lists containing sprawl
The Diary of Anne Frank
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