sprawled

Example Sentences

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A 12-year-old Labrador retriever named Sugar was sprawled on a hardwood floor of a Brooklyn apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Behind the Peace River plant, sprawled out across a massive lawn, and behind a chain-link fence, were the ruins of a processing infrastructure.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

In last-seen footage of Neukgu posted by Daejeon authorities, the young wolf is seen sprawled on a bed of leaves in the forest before getting up to pace around.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

I was an angsty 14-year-old, sprawled on the white shag carpet of my parents’ Upper East Side apartment, mesmerized by a photo taken by Horst Fass in a place called Vietnam.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

She was screaming it directly into his ear, because she was sprawled on the ground beside him.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix