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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sprawl of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a large, spread-out area or a disorganized collection of things, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The city was characterized by a sprawl of neighborhoods that seemed to stretch endlessly in every direction."
Alternatives: "a spread of" or "an expanse of".
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The nation's institutional architecture — a sprawl of counterbalancing federal bodies — is insurance against assertive leadership.
He studied in his cramped bedroom amid a sprawl of papers, his roommate said.
Whether because of coyness or confusion, the show was a sprawl of false endings and farewells.
Mr. Canini lived at the center of a sprawl of relatives.
Compton, a sprawl of low-rise, mostly poor housing, was originally a white suburb.
This midsize, somewhat nondescript city was once a sprawl of office parks and strip malls.
We hovered over a sprawl of ruffled leaves, fuzzy vines and watermelons.
But mostly it was a sprawl of unpersuasive economic analysis and highly convenient criticisms of the hapless Herbert Hoover.
Beats tend to drag, and synthesizers wander around the vocals, which are sometimes mixed beneath a sprawl of noise.
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Gen Con feels like the best example of this a sprawl of inventiveness and options that feels like a welcome break from the usual landscape of blunt marketing.
LATE last year Florida's 13th congressional district a sprawl of mobile-home parks, retirement villages and strip malls, fringed by Gulf coast beaches lost its congressman, Bill Young.
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