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Meanings of
sprawling
in English
Catalan
posat desmanegat
Back to the meaning
An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about.
sprawl
Catalan
posat desmanegat
Spreading out in different directions.
rambling
straggling
straggly
Related terms
untidy
Synonyms
Examples for "
rambling
"
rambling
straggling
straggly
Examples for "
rambling
"
1
Remember, Jodie Foster only came out in a
rambling
speech last year.
2
Hilda remained listening in the lobby to the interminable and
rambling
instruction.
3
His poor broken brain was
rambling
in the ways of the past.
4
There was something sinister in the unfriendly shadow of the
rambling
house.
5
She states that in general her mind is both romantic and
rambling
.
1
Our little army reached it after several days'
straggling
through the countryside.
2
They rode in no particular order, just a
straggling
column of riders.
3
The watchers pushed back along the side wall in a
straggling
line.
4
The
straggling
sail and wreck of the spars hanging over the side.
5
Pill occupied her time in putting her few
straggling
locks in curl-papers.
1
It was hard to imagine these
straggly
bushes bursting with new growth.
2
Sometimes his hair was tightly cropped; at other times, it was
straggly
.
3
The tumbledown surf club right next door with its
straggly
red hibiscus.
4
At long filthy dreads matted up with the troll's greasy,
straggly
beard.
5
They're black and lustrous, but by leaving them
straggly
they're a blemish.
Usage of
sprawling
in English
1
Power supplies in
sprawling
Dar es Salaam have worsened in recent years.
2
Building 3G networks across
sprawling
India will cost billions of dollars more.
3
Remember those were days before television's
sprawling
interest and radio's blanket coverage.
4
The play was
sprawling
,
crude and, in my opinion, not very good.
5
Unaffected sections of the
sprawling
park remained open to visitors, it said.
6
Several unseasonably dry winters, along with the
sprawling
population, have strained supplies.
7
It comes as demolition crews continue to plough through the
sprawling
settlement.
8
His employer saw nothing ridiculous in the twisted neck and
sprawling
limbs.
9
The servant girl tripped over it in her hurry, and went
sprawling
.
10
He was taken to a room in the
sprawling
Department of Justice.
11
The
sprawling
environment in GTA: San Andreas is littered with arcade cabinets.
12
Costs of moving goods around the
sprawling
archipelago are among Asia's highest.
13
They walked around the van, and Pete saw a
sprawling
,
ranch-style house.
14
Illian was a
sprawling
city, easily as large as Caemlyn or Cairhien.
15
The Italian scandal also highlights how
sprawling
BT is as a business.
16
Jaz and the others cried out and went
sprawling
across the floor.
Other examples for "sprawling"
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About this term
sprawling
sprawl
Verb
Present
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
sprawl on
sprawl city
sprawl complex
sprawl business
sprawl metropolis
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Translations for
sprawling
Catalan
posat desmanegat
positura desmanegada
postura desmanegada
Sprawling
through the time
Sprawling
across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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