Example Sentences

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There’s a spaciousness to their playing, plus a peculiar balance of tension and calm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

It creates a sense of time and spaciousness I haven’t experienced in the exam room since I was a medical student, before the pressures of productivity analytics set in.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

The songs that are being painstakingly perfected in recording studio sessions are by Will Butler of Arcade Fire, and they lend this behind-the-music drama a lyrical spaciousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

If it doesn’t work to remove a wall or you’re just not ready to commit to knocking down a wall, widening a doorway can also create an illusion of increased spaciousness, Helgeson says.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2023

Five of us moved into apartment 4S, and Mama was thrilled with the spaciousness of the arrangements.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers