sprawlings

[US]/ˈsprɔːlɪŋ/
[UK]/ˈsprɔːlɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. mchovia kwa mafupi au kwa mafupi kwa mafupi.

Phrases & Collocations

sprawling city

mji mkuu

sprawling countryside

mipango ya miji

sprawling metropolis

mji mkuu mrefu

Example Sentences

sprawling on the sofa

kupita kwenye sofa

out beyond the sprawling suburbs

nje ya mitaa ya kusini.

untidy tenements sprawling toward the river.

mipango ya maktaba yana pita kwa mizigo.

the door shot open, sending him sprawling across the pavement.

pembe ya kati ilipiga kwa mafua, akaposha kwenye mstari wa mji.

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

alipita kwenye kiti kubwa; miji ya mnyama yana pita; mji mpyo mkuu.

At the edge of a sprawling grassland, a pair of hoofed grazers resembling horses, an antelopelike notoungulate and a ground sloth feed quietly, oblivious to their impending doom.

Kwenye ukingo wa nyanda kubwa, jozi ya wanyama wenye miguu kama farasi, wanyama kama pundamilia na tembo wa ardhi wanala kimya, bila kujua hatari yao inakuja.

Real-world Examples

Do you think you would call your city sprawling?

Ukifanya mazoezi yako, utaamini kuwa mji wako unapangwa?

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

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

Mwenzangu alifanya dunia kubwa chini ya mizizi, inayotengwa mji mkuu unapangwa.

Source: Koranos Animation Science Popularization

The sprawling family today is hardly monolithic.

Maktaba ya familia inapangwa leo hajui kuwa moja.

Source: New York Times

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

Mji mkuu unapangwa huyu inatoa chaguo kubwa kama hajui kwa kushopisha, michezo na makanisa.

Source: Travel around the world

He seated himself again, sprawling his long legs comfortably.

Alikuwa na mshangao mwingine, akapangwa mizigo yake mazuri.

Source: Gone with the Wind

On the settlement's location now stands a sprawling university campus.

Kwenye mji mkuu, unapangwa unapangwa unapangwa.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

Barbed wire soon became a sprawling concrete colossus, stretching 155 kilometers.

Mizigo ya mizigo yalikuwa kama mji mkuu ya betoni, kusambaza 155 km.

Source: CNN Selected August 2015 Collection

Wandering around the sprawling 6.2 million-sq.-ft.

Kusafiri kwa mji mkuu ya 6.2 miliyoni-kiwango.

Source: Time

Next on our list, we have the word sprawling.

Kwa mwinga mwingine, tunapata kosa ya 'unapangwa'.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

It's a big sort of sprawling--gardens everywhere.

Huyu ni mji mkuu mkuu na mazuri kila mwenye mji.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

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