spread-eagle

Example Sentences

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The crash sent his friend "face down, spread eagle, with Gwyneth on top of him", but Ms Paltrow slid off him and bolted from the scene while he lay unresponsive, Mr Ramone testified.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

Niskanen crossed the line and collapsed, spread eagle, with a time of 37 minutes, 54.8 seconds.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2022

When a girl went into labor, she was dropped off at a hospital, where most labored alone, often strapped, spread eagle, to a hospital bed, according to “The Girls Who Went Away.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2018

In one of their lifts, Ms. Virtue looked almost angelic, balancing on Mr. Moir's right thigh with her arms outstretched while he stayed in a deep-kneed spread eagle before she flipped down into his arms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2010

I was just as wise as ever, and stared very much; when Mr Jenkins desired the other men to get half-a-dozen foxes and make a spread eagle of me, unless he had his parkisite.

From Peter Simple by Marryat, Frederick