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Example sentences for "outstretched"

Lexicographically close words:
outspoken; outspokenness; outspread; outspreading; outstanding; outstretching; outstrip; outstripped; outstripping; outstrips
  1. Mr. Bennett became aware that the young man was moving towards him with outstretched hand.

  2. There he was, sitting with a newly-opened envelope in one hand and five dried orange pips in the outstretched palm of the other one.

  3. Oh, sir, you are the very man whom I have longed to meet,” cried the little fellow, with outstretched hands and quivering fingers.

  4. And they were discovered presently among some marbles, the heron's wings outstretched in death, the great red wound in its breast making it seem still more beautiful.

  5. One of the Arabs reined in his horse, and following the line of the outstretched finger Owen saw far away in a small pool or plash of water three teal swimming.

  6. The spaniel rushed into the room and leaped into his master's outstretched arms.

  7. Behold, instead of the clear flame appeared a fan-shaped column of dense white smoke, behind which Menzi vanished, all except his outstretched hands.

  8. I caught his outstretched hand and pulled him ashore.

  9. This was true, since they could only perceive the tips of his outstretched fingers appearing upon each side of the smoke-fan.

  10. She ran to meet them, with outstretched arms.

  11. Doctor Leslie met him at the study door, with outstretched hands.

  12. But the boy heard only his father's voice, saw only his outstretched arms.

  13. Big beads of perspiration glistened on his forehead, the outstretched hands were shaking.

  14. It was the wild man--lifeless; its limbs outstretched and its wide-open eyes staring up at us.

  15. Simultaneously a heavy body rolled down the slippery stairs and lay outstretched at our feet.

  16. And beneath me was the great fiery gulf, outstretched like a red lake skinned over with black ice, through the cracks wherein shone the blinding fire.

  17. I cried, and would have cast myself before him with outstretched arms of worshipful entreaty; but lo, there was a shadow upon the belt of Orion, and no shadow by my side!

  18. The girl, for Pen soon discovered that it was only a girl, and not an angel, hurried when she saw Pen, and went towards her with outstretched hand.

  19. She entered the little parlour now, and was received by the old lady with outstretched hand.

  20. On the rest-bench lay my brother, Lay outstretched before the fire-place, Heaps of soot upon his shoulders, Heaps of ashes on his forehead.

  21. Still the daughter of the Ether, Swims the sea as water-mother, With the floods outstretched before her, And behind her sky and ocean.

  22. The tiny, frequent drops continue to tickle her outstretched hand, which she finally withdraws.

  23. His voice, startling in its clearness, rang through the air, and his arms were outstretched as if he were about to fly.

  24. The moment his eyes fell on Howland he sprang forward with outstretched hand, smiling and bobbing his head.

  25. With outstretched arm he pointed down into the plain, and as Howland's eyes followed its direction he stood throbbing with sudden excitement.

  26. She arose at the sound of their footsteps and advanced with outstretched hands to meet them.

  27. Bradley flushed angrily when Jimmie adroitly snapped a pair of handcuffs on his outstretched wrists, but he made no protest.

  28. But Andre was by no means dull, and had divined Paul's intention, and grasped the young man's outstretched hand just as it touched the curtain.

  29. Straight to his outstretched arms she went.

  30. In her outstretched hand flickered through the gloom a strip of cloth that was gauzy and white.

  31. A square of plate glass was placed under his outstretched fingers.

  32. Her two fists came up together between his outstretched arms and caught him under the jaw with a force that nearly snapped his neck.

  33. He opened the boss and laid the crystal in her outstretched hand.

  34. They had given up their cherished purpose of going to Albany by the day boat, which was represented to them in every impossible phase.

  35. It was not so much the three dollars as the sense of having been swindled that vexed him; and he instantly resolved not to share his annoyance with Isabel.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outstretched" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.