wide-stretching

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Others, at night, lit torches from their fires, set ablaze piles of sugar cane over wide-stretching fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the estate of Semb, which consisted of the wide-stretching valley of Heimdal, and which was her paternal heritage, had she never, since the time of her marriage, been seen.

From Strife and Peace by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

Mrs. Barnes' gaze came back from the wide-stretching scene beside her, and rested enquiringly on the old speaker.

From The Making of Mona by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

A narrow space on the right-hand side of the channel was left clear for steam-boats, but the rest of the river was covered with the wide-stretching nets.

From Tales of the Fish Patrol by Varian, George

As Toby had truly said, they could not really continue on their way without passing under the wide-stretching branches of the tree where he claimed to have seen "something that looked like a wildcat."

From Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails by Douglas, Alan