outstretched
Example Sentences
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“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
Sheets, backpacks, and outstretched bodies transform the emblematic seafront promenade into an open-air dormitory for a few hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Molly Haynes, a first-timer, posed with outstretched arms under a big red Buc-ee’s sign, while Rose Schneider captured the moment on her phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Her outstretched arms on the social media campaign poster are perhaps supposed to make us think of a phoenix rising from the ashes.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Knees bent, swords outstretched, a seemingly natural extension of the arm, point at an invisible foe.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Vocabulary lists containing outstretched
"A Poison Tree"
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Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 6
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