Example sentences for: outstretched

How can you use “outstretched” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Democrats are, by inclination, the party of outstretched palms, the Republicans the party of tight fists.

  • Underneath the outstretched arms he had written a caption, "The debt is this big, and only God can repay it."

  • The road ends at a fine miradouro, where a statue of Christ stands with arms outstretched (a miniature version of the statues at Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon).

  • Toward the center of Michelangelo’s ceiling, you’ll make out the celebrated outstretched finger of man’s creation, filled out by the drunkenness of Noah, the turmoil of the Flood.

  • Of the 61 skeletons on display, dating from 1490 to 1540 (more than 200 were disinterred), those in pre-conquest graves lie in a fetal position, while post-con-quest skeletons lie in a Christian pose: outstretched with arms folded.


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