spread-eagle

Example Sentences

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Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 33 shots, including a spread-eagle glove save with 2:37 left in regulation of Shea Theodore’s long slap shot.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2022

The sight of Real Madrid’s players, spread-eagle on the field in a state of pure, blissful exhaustion, having somehow turned certain defeat into a triumph actually happens with alarming frequency.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022

Did you hear about the airline passenger who wound up face down and spread-eagle on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport this month?

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021

So we come upstairs to find you basically spread-eagle, standing on top of the headboard, hanging up this crazy artwork all by yourself.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2021

The Snow Sand had his ears and nose blocked, and he hoped she had not panicked, had remembered to spread-eagle her body, so that he could catch her quickly with his headlong dive.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman