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US
/aʊtˈstɹɛtʃt/
]
[ UK /aʊtstɹˈɛtʃt/ ]
[ UK /aʊtstɹˈɛtʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
fully extended especially in length
a kitten with one paw outstretched
How To Use outstretched In A Sentence
- I love London particularly for that layered feel, for its glorious haphazardness and its unique personality, which Peter Ackroyd personisifes as William Blake's Glad Day: a radiant youth with his arms outstretched against rainbow light. MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building
- With a quick catch and lift, he passed Michael up and into unseen hands outstretched from the iron wall of the ship, and paddled ahead to an open cargo port. CHAPTER 2
- Your arm is outstretched at shoulder height and parallel to the floor. Times, Sunday Times
- Usually obvious by the outstretched arm holding the cameraphone. Times, Sunday Times
- The ball is so outstretched that Edney can not bend his elbow to use his upper-arm muscles.
- She gave a shriek as he came at her and stepped away from his outstretched hand. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
- The pipe was just high enough so that I could swing with my arms outstretched and not drag my bottom.
- I slung my satchel over my shoulder and shook her outstretched hand.
- She was stumbling forward with outstretched hands when she ran into the blackberries. SLEEP WHILE I SING
- Another soldier was searching a man who was standing up against the wall, hands outstretched, legs spread. DESPERADOES