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• Crores and crores of worlds occupy the unending expanse of the Universe; the vast expanse, beyond measure.2022, R. Shanthi, “The Universal Vision in Tagore and Ramalinga Vallalar”, in The Universal Man in Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and Arut…. From the entry croreth
• Tonle Sap Lake sits roughly in the middle of this lush expanse.2018 March 28, Ben Mauk, “A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Mekong
• At first we see only the fabric, an expanse of smokish blue.2017, Josefine Klougart, Of Darkness, page 9. From the entry smokish
• An endless expanse of drab-green textured walls, contrasting with the gray concrete floor.1985 April 13, Philip Brasfield, “Echoes Inside of What's Outside”, in Gay Community News, page 4. From the entry beg
• It was of snow-crete, heavily curved, with a big expanse of window.1976, Agatha Christie, Sleeping Murder, chapter 21, II. From the entry snow-crete
• Chiuchuan region in Kansu Province was an expanse of desert land under the Kuomintang reactionary rule.1972 March 3 [1972 February 24], “A Good Spring Around Chiayukuan”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 44…. From the entry Chiayukuan
• She was pretty and her low-cut baju showed a delicious expanse of warm milky-brown neck.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 443. From the entry rawly
• The battlefield—an undulating, parched, and dusty expanse—is lying under the sultry sun of a July afternoon.1908, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, […], part third, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, Act I, scene iii…. From the entry sultry
• The mountains of Jungali were spread below her, their frosted tips transformed into an expanse of snow-covered fields.2017, Susan Kaye Quinn, Third Daughter. From the entry frosted tips
• They were referring, of course, to that vast expanse of tract homes and backyard barbecues that is the San Fernando Valley.2002 April 20, Joseph Kahn, “San Fernando Valley Looks To a Life After Los Angeles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry tract home
• Jungle clung to the canyons, but there were broad expanses of brushland grown with mesquite and agave and flowering redbird cactus.1998, Robert Stone, Bear and His Daughter: Stories, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry redbird cactus
• The fact that the Ukrainians are widely scattered over Canada’s expanse further complicated my attempts at gathering any statistical data.1943, W. Kossar, “Ukrainian Canadians in Canada’s War Effort”, in First All-Canadian Congress of Ukrainians in Canada, Winnipeg, Man.…. From the entry publicable
• Many visitors to Xīnjiāng will experience this huge expanse during their travels or can arrange camel-trekking tours and expeditions through its vast sand dunes.2015 May, Damian Harper et al., China (Lonely Planet), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 982. From the entry Lop Nur
• Up on the stage, the dancers twirled and whirled in time to the music and then grapevined across the broad expanse and exited stage left.2013, S.C. Rackes, Cast a Dark Shadow, page 25. From the entry grapevine
• The starliner swung into orbit around the planet Coruscant, and beyond the observation bubble appeared a glittering expanse of a billion golden lights.2012 February 29, Troy Denning, Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse, Random House, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry swing
• In it four images of a stunningly beautiful, scantily clad blonde are set against a wallpaperlike expanse of the splintery images of H.2008 February 15, Roberta Smith, “Rounding Up the Usual Suspects”, in New York Times. From the entry wallpaperlike
• From the Carpathians in the west to the Greater Khingan range in the east, a huge expanse of flat, open territory dominates the Eurasian continent.2001 July 8, Geoffrey Hosking, “"Russia and the Russians: A History"”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on…. From the entry Greater Khingan
• Los Angeles is a city of image and imagination: a vast urban expanse filled with buildings and streets, yet relatively free of famous landmarks.1998 July, Terrence Rogers, “City of vapor”, in American Artist, volume 62, number 672, page 28. From the entry Eiffel Tower
• This makes the whole journey tiredsome, time consuming and above all risky especially using a boat across the large expanse of water.1981, Lagos Eye, page 24. From the entry tiredsome
• The open water expanses of the lake have been occupied mainly by two species of clupeids, as well as by Eutropius niloticus and Physailia pellucida.1973, Willis A. Evans, John Vanderpuye, “Early Development of Fish Populations and Fisheries of Volta Lake”, in William C. Ackermann…. From the entry clupeid
• The railway is now among the bare, treeless heights of the Cheviots, and striking views are obtained over wide expanses of almost uninhabitated moorland country.1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594. From the entry cheviots
• While navigating through the stars in the vast expanse of the cosmic con, it's crucial to ensure your health is as boundless as the universe itself!2024, Espcetera, “How to Survive Space”, in Furry Down Under 2024: Furbidden Planet, Foundation for Uncharted Realms and Distant…. From the entry 621
• The main —— or cooking —— kitchen is an inhumanly immaculate expanse of burner rings and countertops where, according to tradition, the stations move clockwise from canapé to entremetier.2009 May 28, Alan Feuer, “In the Gilded World of Per Se’s Kitchen”, in The New York Times. From the entry clockwise
• The illimitable expanses of both, stretching away to the horizon on all sides, can inspire exhilarating feelings of freedom, of being master of your own fate.1996, Ella Maillart, “Foreward”, in The Alluring Target, Trackless Sands Press, →ISBN, page xiii. From the entry illimitable
• The western side of the region is the Kgalagadi desert, an expanse of undulating sandbelts and limestone outcrops, with a cover of grass and thorn scrub.1974, Anthony Sillery, Botswana: A Short Political History, page 5. From the entry sandbelt
• Imagine a dark mite of a turtlet struggling to the surface in the middle of a huge expanse of white sand over and on which numerous enemies are lurking.1960, Clifford Hillhouse Pope, The Reptile World, Knopf, page 108. From the entry turtlet
• They are the great midland expanses that have remained young in realisation of just what our common share and responsibility in sea-power mean to all the mankindly world.1928, Marguerite E. DeWitt, Our Oral Word as Social and Economic Factor. From the entry mankindly
• Southward from Palmyrena stretches a vast expanse of desert, the true home of the nomad from the earliest times, a land that has never been suited to cultivation.1927, Geographical Review, volume 17, page 192. From the entry Palmyrena
• Creating the perfect mixture of sand and water for our man-made Cinderellaesque castle, I looked up at the expanse of water before me and had one of those epiphany moments.2013, Fred Meadows, Reforming the Broken Heart of Leadership. From the entry Cinderellaesque

Meaning of expanse

1. noun A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
2. noun An amount of spread or stretch.

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Questions about expanse in a sentence

How do you use expanse in a sentence?

Expanse is used as a noun. For example: “Crores and crores of worlds occupy the unending expanse of the Universe; the vast expanse, beyond measure.”

What is a short sentence with expanse?

“At first we see only the fabric, an expanse of smokish blue.”

What does expanse mean?

Expanse means a wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.