sprawl

Example Sentences

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In a faded rehearsal hall in the gritty concrete sprawl of northern Rio de Janeiro, samba dancers and drummers fine-tune their rhythms for a grassroots carnival parade few tourists have heard of.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 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

Los Angeles’s urban sprawl and congested freeways make it a prime test market for air taxis, industry insiders say.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

Turner’s stomach grew tighter and tighter with the slow sprawl of her words.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt