wide-extending

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One day, the sage Narada, O bull of Bharata's race, seeing the wide-extending and innumerable branches of that tree and the circumference of his trunk, approached and addressed him, saying, 'O thou art delightful!

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Approach thou now the lap of Earth, thy mother,     The wide-extending Earth, the ever-kindly;   A maiden soft as wool to him who comes with gifts,     She shall protect thee from destruction's bosom.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

Manna asked hesitatingly, why the Priest had not taken upon himself the wide-extending benevolent work, which the Professorin was now commissioned by her father to carry on.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

The latter are by far the most numerous inhabitants of its wide-extending forests.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The wide-extending marshes and pools are frequented by pelicans, herons, and wild geese, ducks, and flamingoes; while other birds—chiefly belonging to the Falconidae, Ardeidae, Strigidae, and Psittacidae—are numerous.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles