How to Use expansive in a Sentence

expansive

adjective

• The house has expansive views of the valley.
• The law was expansive in its scope.
• She was in an expansive mood.
• He was unusually expansive at the press conference.
• One of my favorite spots was the expansive Straits Lawn that sloped down toward the water.
  — Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
• Santa Barbara County draws people for its open space, expansive views and large acreage.
  — Jessica Flint, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2022
• But for now, hikers can relax among its expansive marshlands or kayak on the Napa River.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
• All of the bedrooms have terraces, as well as generous closet space and expansive bathrooms for the utmost comfort.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
• Smith’s music on this seven-CD set serves as a potent reminder of how expansive and laser-focused his music can be.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
• The company is building out a much more expansive animal enclosure at a campus in Austin, Texas.
  — Ashlee Vance, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
• Hardwood floors and a white stone fireplace add luxury to the primary bedroom, along with direct access to the property's expansive outdoor deck.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2022
• In the past few decades, architects have used extreme engineering to break out of the concrete confines and make their buildings (literally) more expansive.
  — Curbed, 14 Dec. 2022
• The three most conservative justices appeared prepared to embrace an expansive version of the theory, while the three liberal justices were adamant that it should be rejected.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• The dreams seem so expansive and the horizons seem so far.
  — Amy Klobuchar, ELLE, 10 May 2023
• These findings, in turn, formed the basis for the new and more expansive study.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• The tech for the scheme was less sleek and impressive but still expansive.
  — WIRED, 13 Feb. 2023
• The beautiful rooms have expansive views of the city and the Santa Ana Mountains.
  — Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2023
• Many of the villas have huge sunken tubs with floor-to-ceiling windows to check out the expansive view of the mountains.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
• There is an expansive quality to the play’s universe that makes the length make sense.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• This expansive approach suits a story with as much depth and scope as Dune.
  — and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 30 July 2024
• On the other side, the expansive, sunny sky drops straight to the water, which, though calm and at low tide, now brims over the top of the road and into a parking lot.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
• The album is expansive and carefree, with swatches of psychedelia and tons of bright, gleaming synths.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
• Lean into the expansive nature of a great room by grounding it in a barely there palette of whites and creams.
  — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 1 June 2023
• There, guests will find the freshest cuts of beef, along with southern-style entrées and an expansive wine and cocktail menu.
  — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• The old site had an expansive lawn to the south of the stadium with a video board, picnic tables, concessions and games for kids.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
• Early word is that the bar will also have an expansive program.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• What to Consider The set is very large and might be too expansive for shorter trips or light packers.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
• The open-frame lantern design is expansive, but doesn’t take up too much space visually.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
• All four of the crew members and the entirety of the spacecraft’s interior will be exposed to the expansive void.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
• But the alternative seemed worse: what if, beyond the avant-garde, there was no demand for strange, expansive work?
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024