Sentence examples for stretching upwards from inspiring English sources

As it whips round, the pulsars spews out jets of material, can you see one stretching upwards in this picture?

Yet the main impression one has of this revamped monument is space: volumes of the valuable stuff, stretching upwards and outwards in every direction.

Peter Claire sees his shadow on the wall become elongated, stretching upwards for a few seconds towards the ceiling before being swallowed by the darkness, with no trace of it remaining.

The group plays revolving patterns of minor-key chords at a tempo just above a standstill, then works up to martial climaxes; every so often, a recorded voice intones something like, "The skyline was beautiful on fire, all twisted metal stretching upwards".

The premier is not a tall man and only his waving hand, stretching upwards, was visible from within a mass of bodies.

On Christine Jones's set, bare birch trunks stretch upwards like a warren of bones.

Accountability will no longer only stretch upwards (rather obliquely) to Whitehall, but also outwards – clearly and tangibly – to communities.

A row of classical figures still adorns the arcade's sculpted walls, which stretch upwards to an arched glass ceiling.

The rest will likely go to skilled workers, where processing times for applicants can stretch upwards of six years.

Their vast trunks stretch upwards like a cathedral, blending into the green nave of leaves hundreds of metres above.

Small worship spots to a pantheon of deities nestle among trees, and steep paths stretch upwards for those seeking a vertiginous climb up the Peak.