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stretched toward

ADJECTIVE
pointing
Synonyms


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An hour later, more and more workers gathered, and then scores of hands stretched toward Tops Friendly Market, blessing it minutes before its public reopening Friday.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Four sat stubbornly on the pathway I wanted to move along, their icy-blue eyes pitiless and their long, white necks stretched toward me, threatening with their scissor-like bills.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2022

His eyes are closed, arms stretched toward the night’s sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2018

On the other side, a bronze sculpture by Otto Neals portrays a boy seated on a rock reading, one hand stretched toward a playful dachshund; a little bronze chair sits nearby.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2011

The shadows on the ground deepened and stretched toward me.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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