sprawl

Example Sentences

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Human nature being what it is, the complicated sprawl of L.A. being what it is, Southern Californians were not about to stop driving their cars.

From Los Angeles Times

We sprawled in the noonday yard and hung on the hitching rail.

From Literature

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

Set apart from “normal” citizens for our own protection and theirs, our gated, walled, and closely guarded campus complex sprawled across an entire island in the middle of the ocean.

From Literature

Moody sprawled still on the turf, his arms limp by his side.

From BBC