Sprawling - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsprɒlɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word sprawling
Brit.  |ˈsprɔːlɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word sprawling
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to sprawl

noun

- an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about (syn: sprawl)

adjective

- spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly (syn: rambling, straggling, straggly)
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Extra examples

She tripped and went sprawling into the table.

The bushes were sprawling along the road.

Separate townships have coalesced into a single, sprawling colony.

I slipped and went sprawling across the pavement.

The blow sent me sprawling across the floor.

Modern Mexico City is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.

I tripped on a stone and went sprawling on the pavement.

...a sprawling cosmopolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their fortune...

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