Sentence examples for outstretch from inspiring English sources
"outstretch" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to describe an action or gesture in which someone or something is extending the arms, legs, or body outward, such as when a person jumps to extend as far away as possible. For example, "She soared through the air with her outstretched arms."
verb
To extend by stretching
The patient may also be asked to outstretch his arms to see if they properly return to a resting position.
It is up to the stronger power to unclench its fist first, so that the leader of the weaker state can outstretch his hand.
Breakthroughs in fire safety and sprinkler systems enabled buildings to legally outstretch the height of a fireman's ladder.
The salary and bonus alone far outstretch the pay of two better- known regulatory jobs, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who is paid $171,900 a year, and the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who makes $142,500.
The salary and bonus far outstretch the pay of two better- known regulatory jobs, the chairmen of the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission.[C7.] John S. Reed, who was named interim chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, wants to shrink the number of directors by more than half, bring "fresh blood" to the board and find a permanent leader within four months.
A goddess of liberty, called Columbia, was developed to personify America; Phyllis Wheatley, an enslaved woman, wrote of Columbia's "outstretch'd arms" in her poetry to George Washington.
Dappy greets me in an endearing way by kissing me on the cheek and outstretches his arms dramatically.
The figure, Nephi, who narrates the first sections of the Book of Mormon, stands on a rock and, according to Friberg's title, subdues his wicked brothers with a forceful outstretching of his hand.
Williams (6'1") and Isner (6'9") appear set to become the tallest tandem in the tournament's history, outstretching the Dutch pair of Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (6'2") and Richard Krajicek (6'5")—who teamed to represent The Netherlands in both 1992 and 1996 by three inches.
At the registration desk, thinking of the Ailey company's spectacularly athletic production, "Revelations," I asked the bubbly 20-something registrar, "Is this going to be 'Revelations' Zumba?" Outstretching both her arms to her sides and raising them up over her head to describe a giant nimbus or clamshell, she intoned, "No".
There was not great force in the outstretching of the arm, which is presumably what persuaded Yuichi Nishimura, a referee who was decidedly generous to Brazil all night, that the offence did not constitute violent conduct.
