sprawl
verb (used without object)
to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner.
sprawlingly
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a word derived from
sprawl.
Example Sentences
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Rays emanate from a black hole near the piece’s center, suggesting a single origin point that many of the other details sprawlingly contradict.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
Thoron also adapted and directed a one-person version of Junot Díaz’s sprawlingly cross-cultural novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” opening April 21 at Book-It Repertory Theatre and starring Dominican actor Elvis Nolasco.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2018
"River of Fundament" was inspired by "Ancient Evenings," Norman Mailer's sprawlingly bad 1983 novel — 709 pages of benumbed egocentrism set in pharaonic Egypt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2015
Americans are a sprawlingly expansive people whose years.
From Time Magazine Archive
He dove forward, yelled loudly, and was cast over the edge of the deck just as sprawlingly as the Barnacle himself!
From The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret by Gertrude W. Morrison
