- past participle of outstretch.
- past tense form of outstretch.
outstretched
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Crossing the street the other day, I caught a glimpse of a man standing still in the sunlight, face tilted to the sky, eyes closed, his arms outstretched as if in worship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Referee Phoebe Cross pointed to the spot when Lisa Baum's shot bounced off the post and Tandberg's clearance hit the outstretched hand of her Spurs team-mate Ella Morris nearby.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
His opponent responds by juggling his outstretched palms in a "6-7," a viral youth meme that has no fixed meaning but has become so ubiquitous that even Pope Leo has taken to performing it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
“I kept kind of moving around with my arms outstretched and I almost got hit by a car wandering into the street,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The trees seemed to be reaching for him now, gnarled black branches outstretched like claws, hungry...
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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