stretched toward

Example Sentences

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She avoided long grass by stretching upwards to keep the view clear.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

Which was sorely needed after the extra long wait campers endured to get into the campground before the festival, with wait times stretching upwards of 8 hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

At length the long, narrow valley lay before her, stretching upwards to the feet of the rocky hills.

From Cobwebs and Cables by Stretton, Hesba

At the top of the rocks a promising snow slope, stretching upwards with gentle curves and sweeps, seemed to offer a fair prospect of rapid progress.

From Above the Snow Line by Dent, Clinton Thomas

While browsing thus, it usually bends one of its knees downward; and while stretching upwards to a high branch, it brings all its feet nearer to each other.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William