Past tense of sprawl

Forms of sprawl

Sprawled in a sentence

• But most of all I like to sit in the dark with all these hearty souls sprawled around me on the floor and hear them talk.1942, Louise Dickinson Rich, “‘Do You Get Out Very Often?’”, in We Took to the Woods, Down East Enterprises, published 2007, →ISBN, page 314
• There were pillows on the floor, a few chairs, and four or five students sprawled here and there watching a football game.1979, Thomas S. Spradley, James P. Spradley, chapter 6, in Deaf Like Me, Gallaudet University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 64
• Harry had a bong after his swim and then sprawled on the couch watching music videos.2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, London: Atlantic Books, page 115. From the entry bong
• Is that champagne you're slurping on, as you lay sprawled in the tubbie?2000 May 2, Char Chaffin, “xfc: NEW, "Hollywood Bath-Time", by C. Chaffin, Post-Ep, MSR, R”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet), archived…. From the entry tubbie
• It was a lazy summer afternoon, and we were sprawled across a few couches sharing a bowl of popcorn.2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 8-9. From the entry light

Meaning of sprawl

1. verb To sit with the limbs spread out.
2. verb To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
3. verb To scoot the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of an opponent attempting a takedown.

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Questions about the past tense of sprawl

What is the past tense of sprawl?

The past tense of sprawl is sprawled.

What is the past participle of sprawl?

The past participle of sprawl is sprawled.

Is sprawl a regular or irregular verb?

Sprawl is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.