splayed

A grizzled man singing into a microphone, his feet sandy and splayed.

That is, until we find ourselves in September 1977, with Callas’ lifeless body splayed out on the floor, utterly devoid of all the grandeur.

She said she could see her boss’ legs splayed out on the ground.

Across the street, the withered remains of three fighters, reduced to bones, were splayed among the debris.

They had webbed toes that splayed out as they sank into the sand and kept them from plunging under.