sprawl

a sprawl of buildings.

sprawling on the sofa

she lay sprawled on the bed.

a city that sprawls out into the countryside

suburbs that sprawl out into the countryside

sat sprawled in the big armchair; the sprawling suburbs; a big sprawly city.

I found a refreshing absence of industrial sprawl.

She sprawled untidily in an armchair.

They saw the corpse sprawled on the steps.

The village sprawled across the valley.

He came home and just sprawled out on the sofa.

out beyond the sprawling suburbs

they sprawled under a shady carob tree.

untidy tenements sprawling toward the river.

I spent the evening sprawled on the sofa, watching TV.

She lay sprawled across the bed.

sprawled figures basking in the afternoon sun.

the town sprawled along several miles of cliff top.

Municipal services are failing, too—not least because the city now sprawls over 139 square miles.

The sprawling family today is hardly monolithic.

Do you think you would call your city sprawling?

The signal you're looking for is really sprawled and stretched out, right?

One devised a massive, underwater globe, constructed around a sprawling city center.

You have these unbelievable new cities in China which you might call tower sprawl.

Sprawl and loss of focus are another risk.

This sprawling metropolis offers a seemingly unlimited choice of shopping, entertainment culture and dining.

We rail against urban sprawl, and rightly so.

Agricultural sprawl is a far greater ecological threat.