outspread wings. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object), verb (used without object) : an eagle outspreading its wings. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : outspread arms. ,The outspread news had traveled quickly. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : the rapid outspread of the early American colonists. ,a vast outspread of rich farmland. From Dictionary.com.
Virgil too calls the outspread, even plain, “justissima tellus.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation.] Reference
It spoke now as she whispered, with hands outspread. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Its ears rose like the outspread wings of some gigantic jungle bat. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
One moment the outspread jacket lay far before them, across the path. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
With her strong wings outspread, Halcyone hung motionless above the king. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Birds] Reference
He rose with outspread arms and the tears on his face and his voice broke. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
The foreigner's hand is pressed on the table, outspread close to his cards. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
"Safe!" announced the umpire, with a downward motion of his outspread hand. From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
Jo fell on her knees, lifting her outspread hands in ridiculous admiration. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
Paradise -- whose outspread is as the outspread of the Heaven and of the Earth. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
German aeroplanes with the ominous black crosses on their stiff outspread wings. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
His voice sank to a whisper and he leaned forward with arms outspread over his desk. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
They had a lamp on the table, upon which was outspread pictures and plans of airships. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
'Why, sir,' said Polson, turning with outspread hands of appeal, 'it comes to nothing. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
The image, with its hands outspread during three hours, invoked God's blessing on Manila. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
"You will have to find something harder than that," he said, pointing to the outspread paper. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
In the course of three hours, the vessel, with outspread sails, was rapidly flying from land. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference
I had the envelope before me pinned to the table with the outspread fingers of my right hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
"Rain of Fire" shoots in heavy lines from the hands and bodies of demons with outspread wings. From Wordnik.com. [Luca Signorelli] Reference
The fact was, of course, that Johnny loved life; he embraced it with gusto, with both arms outspread. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
He made an improper gesture, his profile and outspread fingers showing in the glow-worm light of the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
The light southern breeze swelled the outspread sail, and the ship of Minos danced gaily over the rippling waters. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The outspread leaves and branches of the weeds constitute a thick screen between the ears of corn and the sunshine. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
Ahead, as the trail dipped low, a vast panorama of valley and hill and hollow, of eerie rocky spires, lay outspread. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
Sometimes he would glide on outspread pinions for a time, hoping to ease his tired wings, but he fell farther and farther behind. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
Again, take all the apple seeds, place them on back of outspread left hand and with loosely clenched right hand strike palm of left. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
Forrester, meanwhile, was whirling to meet Sam, who was coming in like a bear, his arms outspread and a glaze of hatred in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
There was a wide coast to explore, and an outspread ocean, without any trace whatever of the argosy which lay somewhere at its bottom. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
The cloven mist unwraps its folded canopy, and lo! the blue Pacific, boundlessly outspread, far glitters in the silvery light of morn. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
Christendom appeared to be carolling simultaneously, gently outspread friendly arms, overladen with powdered red and white may blossom. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
From it at the time appointed the familiar form of the one-eyed wizard emerged, clad in his prophet's robe with outspread raven's wings. From Wordnik.com. [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference
Perched above, with wings outspread, was Mr. Richard Fenton's last gift to the evergreen cabin, the stuffed figure of an American eagle. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
But the flame died down as suddenly as it had arisen, and appealing with outspread hands, as to some invisible judge, she wailed, miserably. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
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