stretch across
Frequency: 7.513.5 per million words
to extend from one side of an area to the other
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Examples (10)
- Striped awnings had been stretched across the courtyard.
- A massive bridge stretches across the river, connecting the two cities.
- A vibrant rainbow stretched across the sky after the heavy rain.
- The banner was stretched across the main street to welcome the marathon runners.
- The vast desert stretches across the border into the neighboring country.
- A tightrope was stretched across the narrow gap between the two skyscrapers.
- Dark clouds stretched across the horizon, signaling an approaching storm.
- The shadow of the mountain stretches across the entire valley in the late afternoon.
- The oil pipeline stretches across hundreds of miles of frozen tundra.
- A dense forest stretches across the northern part of the island.