Definitions for sprawling
sprawl·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sprawl, sprawling(adj)

   an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

2. sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly(adj)

   spreading out in different directions

   "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sprawling(Adjective)

   That sprawls

2. sprawling(Adjective)

   Expansive; extensive

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sprawling

   of Sprawl

How to pronounce sprawling?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say sprawling in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sprawling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sprawling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of sprawling in a Sentence

1. Joan Clos:

   What is happening ... is an increase of sprawling urbanization, informality is gaining share in the growth of cities.

2. John Parker:

   Their dogged determination and skilled investigative techniques were crucial in exposing and dissecting this sprawling corruption scheme.

3. Ko Sai:

   We just heard a loud noise sounding like thunder and saw that the huge mountain collapsed and a huge wave of rubble was moving and sprawling on a wide area, it was just like a nightmare.

4. Rod Wheeler:

   Cydney Ireland said. The sprawling, 58,000-student main campus in downtown Columbus is one of the nation's largest. Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler, a former Washington DC homicide detective and an Ohio State University alum, said the school's police department is highly trained. People don’t need to panic.

5. Devin Nunes:

   Providing a defensive briefing, like the one given to Senator Feinstein, is a typical response to these kinds of situations, the refusal to give the Trump campaign a defensive briefing, and instead opening a sprawling counter-intelligence investigation of American citizens, is one of many alarming ways that intelligence leaders drastically diverged from normal procedures in their Trump campaign investigation.

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