expanse
Example Sentences
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The vast expanse of water down the left had gobbled up Young's ball less than 24 hours earlier.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
I walk a frozen Bothnian Gulf at Nallikari, an obscured lighthouse, a delinquent lifeguard stand, and makeshift saunas stand on white expanse like archaeology.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
Silent, Javier Perez walked through the expanse of destroyed vehicles accompanied by his family.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Dotting the shoreline is a bleak expanse of detritus: timeworn pumps, tottering derricks, wayward cranes and aging pipelines.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
An expanse of feathery white clouds floated in the turquoise sky.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Vocabulary lists containing expanse
The Giver
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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