Keeping your arm slightly outstretched allows you to keep the line taut and clear of your hoses and tank. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
In your mind where your old limbs outstretch to receive him. From Wordnik.com. [Wrinkles, Men and Shades of Gray] Reference
We outstretch our arms together as if in huddled embrace before a game. From Wordnik.com. [Om, Om, Om] Reference
With a graceful outstretch, I clicked the “On” button, then waited patiently. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
As we outstretch our arms to hold the HUGENESS of the world, we at once become held by it. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Smith: THINK HUGE. Thinking "Big" is so last century.] Reference
In the outstretch, for the second time, Aramis shot forward like the arrow from a bended bow. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
If this situation does not change, NATO's ambitions will far outstretch its capacity to deliver. From Wordnik.com. [NATO Faces Long-Term Challenges] Reference
The day lies beyond the outstretch hand, too far to touch, too far to take hold and pull it closer. From Wordnik.com. [The Day Drags Out Into The Distance] Reference
No seeming end to the spindly outstretch of darkness eyes immune the metallic heartbeat of the clock ticking breaking the stale air. From Wordnik.com. [breakthedark Diary Entry] Reference
To find, back in the hinterland, up in an outstretch of broken mountains between the Namib and the Kalahari, his own faithful native, his night-flower. From Wordnik.com. [Gravity's Rainbow]
Big ones will considerably outstretch a yardstick, weigh more than 20 pounds, and eat streamer flies with the same kind of finesse that Mike Tyson brings to a press conference. From Wordnik.com. [Flyfishing for Pike] Reference
Eagles' Michael Vick slips past the outstretch arms of Julius Peppers. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
The songs Southampton's Ruth Theodore outstretch the boundaries of nu-folk, writes. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
How many times had Allan Dunlop been tempted to outstretch his hand and shatter this glassy surface!. From Wordnik.com. [An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada] Reference
And every time that you hear the word "Hutsul", you need to raise your head and outstretch your arms. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Suspected arms dealer may be extradited to US] Reference
Who pities him? or what hand of man can outstretch to save the wretch, who himself knew naught of pity!. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Funeral Oration on Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Every morning will they thus outstretch themselves, every evening will they droop and wait -- until he comes. From Wordnik.com. [Lilith, a romance] Reference
On their left the great outstretch of valley and wood lay drowned in the suave uncertainties of the summer night. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
Sure, they are "owned," but that ownership is temporary since the lifetimes of great objects far outstretch our own. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference
Yes, I think that would only be a concern if you saw a major uptick in demand that would outstretch capacity significantly. From Wordnik.com. [Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
However, the light will pale, the dusty miles outstretch their length once more, and the pilgrim find himself wearier than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Idolatry A Romance] Reference
Thanks to a late push in the final 15 yards, Girard was able to finish strong and outstretch Kamiak's Trent Roberts by .09 seconds. From Wordnik.com. [HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News] Reference
He had reached the tottering years even at the time of his reelection, and it had never been supposed that his life would outstretch his term. From Wordnik.com. [Lifted Masks; stories] Reference
What industry can outstretch the worth of that knowledge, by which we can travel back to the remotest ages, and live the lives of all antiquity?. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada] Reference
I believed for a moment my words had appealed to her nobler nature; that she would outstretch to me her slightly uplifted hand and surrender utterly. From Wordnik.com. [My Lady of the North] Reference
"I want nothing -- nothing," she replied, stammering, not daring to outstretch her trembling hands to him, "but simply so, at least one word, at parting --". From Wordnik.com. [The Rendezvous 1907] Reference
Governor Fashola noted the importance of this assignment, when he said: "We don't want the growth of the population to outstretch the infrastructure before we start doing it.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
The soldiers outstretch themselves luxuriously on the stone bench, their eyes half closed, and bask in the sunshine that warms the basin of the big yard till it is like a bath. From Wordnik.com. [Under Fire: the story of a squad] Reference
From justice 'outstretch'd arm, but by the force. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Remains, Volume 1] Reference
We outstretch our arms forward into downward dog. From Wordnik.com. [Om, Om, Om] Reference
And will outstretch thy order. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference
Doom'd with enfeebled carcase to outstretch. From Wordnik.com. [Endymion A Poetic Romance] Reference
Doomd with enfeebled carcase to outstretch. From Wordnik.com. [Endymion] Reference
If I would but outstretch my hand and take them. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow] Reference
Till the cold earth outstretch her friendly arms. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01] Reference
I can't outstretch my right arm at all. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Across the years, their hands outstretch. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Extend outstretch. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2] Reference
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