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extend one's body or limbs
Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours -
lie down comfortably
To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass -
thrust or extend out
point a finger
extend a hand
the bee exserted its sting
He held out his hand -
extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
Unfold the newspaper
extend the TV antenna
stretch out that piece of cloth -
stretch (the neck) so as to see better
The women craned their necks to see the President drive by
How To Use stretch out In A Sentence
- These aetherial lines of force stretch out into space on every side of the sun, and in fact form concentric magnetic shells around the sun; which magnetic shells coincide with the equipotential surfaces of the Aether and Gravitation
- When I stood on my native hills, and saw plain and mountain stretch out to the utmost limits of my vision, speckled by the dwellings of my countrymen, and subdued to fertility by their labours, the earth's very centre was fixed for me in that spot, and the rest of her orb was as a fable, to have forgotten which would have cost neither my imagination nor understanding an effort. Introduction, I.1
- For this trip I planned to put our luggage in a small trailer and leave the backseat open so Ray could stretch out during the long driving days.
- Secluded inside the historic Hotel Monaco and accessible through a tunnel-like entrance from Eighth Street NW, you feel like you're anywhere but Washington, especially once you stretch out on one of the low, cushioned sofas with a well-made cocktail. Nightlife Agenda: Eighteenth Street Lounge anniversary, Animal Collective, Hot Chip
- You can enjoy the extraordinary sight unbroken cloud plains that stretch out before you.
- Usually he dozes off sometime around 11 P.M., only to wake when his roommates get home around 2 A.M. The days stretch out in front of him excruciatingly. The Sorcerer’s Apprentices
- But, curiously, Maazel did not allow the glorious waltzes to stretch out in their languor or reach their full plangency -- instead going for relatively clipped endings and sudden dynamic changes. Donna Perlmutter: Maazel to the Podium -- Still Collecting Orchestras
- Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
- We stretch out our tired legs and drink cups of tea we have brought up from the pantry.
- She would be able to stretch out her cramped limbs and rest for a few hours.
