sprawl
Example Sentences
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Traffic, sprawl, crowded schools, soaring home prices—the Florida I know is slipping away, one U-Haul at a time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
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 • Mar. 26, 2026
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
Instead it sent him on empty assignments, like meandering the vacuous desert sprawl.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026
I sprawl on the ground, my face in the dirt.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing sprawl
The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Cay
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