expanse
Example Sentences
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The internet’s vast expanse, once seen as welcoming, is horrifically isolating.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Instead, it fell off his hand somewhere in a sprawling expanse of turquoise-blue water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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
With the world upside down, the trees dip into a velvety expanse of stars.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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