expanse

Example Sentences

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The internet’s vast expanse, once seen as welcoming, is horrifically isolating.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Between the two actors’ faces lies a vast expanse of experience, disappointment, and things that Kay has seen and can’t unsee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Silent, Javier Perez walked through the expanse of destroyed vehicles accompanied by his family.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

The view outside his window is a vast expanse of white as far as the eye can see, smoothed over by an equally vast layer of pure blue.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Standing aboveground, in the gray-black expanse of what I did, the anger fills every square foot.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz