sprawl
Example Sentences
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Most armed insurgents were limited to central Chhattisgarh state's Bastar region, a vast mineral-rich sprawl of dense forests and hills, roughly the size of The Netherlands.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Human nature being what it is, the complicated sprawl of L.A. being what it is, Southern Californians were not about to stop driving their cars.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Instead it sent him on empty assignments, like meandering the vacuous desert sprawl.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026
Layer in a few tactile moments: handwritten menus or place cards if that’s your vibe, or simply a stack of good blankets and genuinely comfortable pillows for that glorious post-meal sprawl on the couch.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025
Her knowledge of the Smoke had evaporated, the familiar streets reduced to an unrecognizable sprawl of ash and embers.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.