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asprawl

American  
[uh-sprawl] / əˈsprɔl /

adverb

  1. being in a sprawling state or posture.

    The body lay asprawl among the wreckage.


Etymology

Origin of asprawl

First recorded in 1875–80; a- 1 + sprawl

Example Sentences

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Over he went and down, asprawl, into the pit on the other side.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or they could allow the actors to trace their familiar patterns, asprawl on the big stage, and catch as catch can.

From Time Magazine Archive

He fell forward from the chair, asprawl on wobbly hands and knees, on elbows and knees as he tried to press away the torrent of agony that hammered back and forth from temple to temple.

From The Fourth R by George Oliver Smith

It is like some vast cellular organism asprawl on the Thames mud, forever heaving and sweating and rotting and growing.

From Aliens by William McFee

They were relaxing in the living room, James fretting and Mrs. Bagley seated, Martha Bagley asprawl on the floor turning the pages of a crayon-coloring book.

From The Fourth R by George Oliver Smith

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