Example Sentences

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When asked if there was any celebration in this run, in an existence that has sprawled this long, Ferry and Manzanera offered up two different approaches.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2022

Canada is grappling with a national housing crisis, as surging demand tied to the COVID-19 pandemic has sprawled beyond big cities and into smaller centers, which are unable to keep up with supply.

From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2021

The idea of Seabrook caught on immediately, and the town has sprawled to almost 500 residences — a mix of adorable vacation rentals, condos and homes selling for anywhere between $550,000 and $2.7 million.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

As Houston has sprawled westward over the Katy Prairie, 75 percent of its flood-absorbent grasslands have been paved over, turning natural detention basins into roads and houses.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2018

He has slain the polysyllable, that huge and slimy centipede which has sprawled over all the valleys of England like the "loathly worm" who was slain by the ancient knight.

From George Bernard Shaw by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)