fanwise

How to use fanwise in a sentence

• About sunrise the troop left camp in a body, later spreading fanwise over the prairies.

  Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair

• A windmill for raising water spreads its giant sails fanwise over a huge grey metal armature.

  'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 | Maurice Genevoix

• Timidly she spread out fanwise the dove color of her sober costume.

  Bransford of Rainbow Range | Eugene Manlove Rhodes

• The electro-bullets spread fanwise, exploded into flaming deaths.

  Pirates of the Gorm | Nat Schachner

• The broad base of the mountain where it sat upon the backs of the lower hills spread out fanwise to a width of five miles.

  The Shepherd of the North | Richard Aumerle Maher