How to Use outstretch in a Sentence

outstretch

verb

• Rapinoe ran to the corner of the field and outstretched her arms, soaking in the applause.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2019
• His video shows the shark come out from under a peer and swim straight at his wife, who has one arm outstretched in front of her.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 13 Dec. 2017
• There Lenin seems less like a fiery leader than a grumpy retiree, his arm outstretched as if trying to call back a bus that sped past him.
  — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2017
• While kicking around a soccer ball, the little princess took a few breaks to balance on one leg with her arms outstretched above her head.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 26 Nov. 2019
• And Rosier connected on a 23-yard deep pass to Darrell Langham, who outstretched his arms and put the ball in the corner of the end zone before his knee touched the ground at the 1-yard line.
  — Christy Cabrera Chirinos, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2017
• A year and a half ago … an American president landed in Havana to outstretch his hand to a regime.
  — Fox News, 16 June 2017
• Squat Pulse Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulders-width apart, toes pointing forward with your arms outstretched in front of you.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 21 Jan. 2017
• What would happen if a crowd of people stormed the gates of Area 51 looking for aliens, and all of them ran really fast with their arms outstretched behind them?
  — Jacey Fortin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019
• But one night, a man stood near the stage with both middle fingers outstretched and stared at Aiello during Cianci’s final scene.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• A few hours later, his three older children sat with their legs outstretched in an ice rink locker room as two of the sponsors hunched over them, lacing skates.
  — Jodi Kantor and Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2017
• Buy Photo Michele Refford walked up and down the three blocks of demonstrators Tuesday morning, her cell phone outstretched.
  — Erin McCarthy, Philly.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• Sassy was content to sit at David's side, but also loves to play and enjoyed rolling on her back, outstretching her legs and waving her paws as if wanting to give David a hug.
  — Laura Bruck, cleveland.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• In the final straightaway, Diggins chased down Stina Nilsson of Sweden and outstretched her at the finish to win by 19-hundredths of a second.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• But the massive graphic of James with his arms outstretched across from the Quicken Loans arena will be taken down sometime this week, according to Cleveland.com.
  — The Heat Index, azcentral, 2 July 2018
• A brief video clip showed Trump outstretching his hand to Putin as officials gathered around a table, then patting Putin's elbow as both men smiled.
  — Darlene Superville and Ken Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2017
• Katarine Zarutskie Courtesy The photos also captured a 5-foot shark making a beeline for Zarutskie's left arm, which was outstretched in the water.
  — Matthew Martinez, miamiherald, 11 July 2018
• Brooks frequently outstretched his arms, removed his cowboy hat and shook his head in disbelief at the crowd's energy.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2018
• Then the justice would hold his hand up with all five fingers outstretched, indicating that five votes on the Supreme Court were what really changed the Constitution.
  — James W. Lucas, National Review, 8 Dec. 2017
• Officers can be seen moving toward the black teens by pushing past white youth, some who have their arms outstretched in an apparent effort to block the officers’ path.
  — oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2019
• In one iconic photo that exemplifies their friendship, Obama sits on a bench while Merkel stands in front of him with her arms outstretched in deep conversation -- with the German Alps in the background.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 25 May 2017
• And for a cool climax to her hour and 45-minute concert, about 50 drones with LED lights hovering around her like fireflies — and, at one point, taking formation to resemble massive wings outstretched from each of Dion’s shoulders.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2019
• Compounding the frustration was Ibrahimovic putting United in front eight minutes later by curling a free kick around the defensive wall past outstretching goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
  — Rob Harris, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2017
• Each miniature flame pauses in climbing position with its legs outstretched, believing itself invisible.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 10 May 2017

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