spread-eagle
Example Sentences
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The crash sent his friend "face down, spread eagle, with Gwyneth on top of him", but Ms Paltrow slid off him and bolted from the scene while he lay unresponsive, Mr Ramone testified.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023
Niskanen crossed the line and collapsed, spread eagle, with a time of 37 minutes, 54.8 seconds.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2022
When a girl went into labor, she was dropped off at a hospital, where most labored alone, often strapped, spread eagle, to a hospital bed, according to “The Girls Who Went Away.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2018
In one of their lifts, Ms. Virtue looked almost angelic, balancing on Mr. Moir's right thigh with her arms outstretched while he stayed in a deep-kneed spread eagle before she flipped down into his arms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2010
One of the officers, while drawing out some change from his pocket to pay for a very handsome and expensive barong, came across a gold-plated spread eagle, such as officers wear on their shoulder-straps.
From A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route by Russel, Florence Kimball
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
