sprawl
verb (used without object)
to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner.
have been sprawling
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present perfect progressiveof sprawl.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“We have been sprawling into the wildlands for the last 75-plus years with very little consideration of the impacts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025
Some of those records have been sprawling; his 1998 album Crystal Ball was a five-CD set.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had I been an old woman or a young child I might have been sprawling in the gutter," he began severely, "and all because of thee.
From A Boy's Ride by Gulielma Zollinger
