Collocations for "sprawl"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sprawl" in context.
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sprawl
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- sprawl out on the [ground, bed, floor]
- sprawl out over the [grass, flowers, sand]
- sprawl out under the [sun, tree]
- sprawl out on top of [her, it]
- sprawl out across the [town, country, landscape]
- sprawl out from the [center, city, mall]
- the [city, town, urban development] began to sprawl
- the [flowers, fields, lakes] sprawled around him
- sprawled against the [door, wall]
- sprawled his [body, arms and legs, limbs] out
- sprawled out his [body]
- his [writing, handwriting] sprawled (all) over the paper
- [blood, the chemical, liquid] sprawled all over the [place, floor]
- fell [on, to] the floor in a sprawl
- was in a sprawl on the floor
- left him in a sprawl on the ground
- found his [body, clothes, things] in a sprawl on the floor
- the sprawl of the [city, suburbs]
- (fast-) growing urban sprawl
- urban sprawl is [stretching, taxing] the finances
- an ugly sprawl of [houses, buildings]
'sprawl' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):