SPREAD in a Sentence
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307 example sentences for SPREAD, such as:
1. Its branches spread far and wide.
2. The cancer has spread to his stomach.
3. The secret was spread among the crowd.
4. Prompt action was required as the fire spread.
5. The Tarleton boys have gone to spread the news.
2. The cancer has spread to his stomach.
3. The secret was spread among the crowd.
4. Prompt action was required as the fire spread.
5. The Tarleton boys have gone to spread the news.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SPREAD
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spread
v. move outward
n. a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 She struggled to her feet, and he rose and followed her helplessly while she spread out the pieces of glass on the kitchen dresser.
2 Her new green flowered-muslin dress spread its twelve yards of billowing material over her hoops and exactly matched the flat-heeled green morocco slippers her father had recently brought her from Atlanta.
3 The Tarleton boys have gone to spread the news.
4 His shoulders were sagging and his head bowed until his gray beard spread out fanlike on his chest.
5 From Big Shanty, the weary sleepless lines retreated down the road to Kennesaw Mountain, near the little town of Marietta, and here they spread their lines in a ten-mile curve.
6 The width of the continent might have spread between her and home instead of twenty- five miles of dusty road.
7 She handed the velvet curtain back to Scarlett and a sly smile spread over her face.
8 The heavy old mahogany table, spread with cake and decanters, still presided in the empty-looking dining room but it was scratched and the broken legs showed signs of clumsy repair.
9 Hams in wine, pressed duck, pate de foie gras, rare fruits in and out of season, were spread in profusion.
10 Pork gazed at it reverently and slowly delight spread over his face.
11 He reinforced his pistol and knife with another pistol, and his fame spread far among the black population.
12 It was odder still that neither Melanie nor India hinted to him that he should spread a paper on the floor to catch his litter of shavings.
13 And the women, dressing hastily, knocked on their neighbors' doors and spread the story.
14 Word had been spread among the negroes that there were only two political parties mentioned in the Bible, the Publicans and the Sinners.
15 The tarnish of shame and guilt that enveloped her spread to him as well.
Example Sentence: (97 in 7 pages)
1 The stone she threw caused ripples to spread across the lake.
2 Prompt action was required as the fire spread.
3 The secret was spread among the crowd.
4 We don't want these rumours to spread if we can possibly avoid it.
5 Anyone who tries to resist the spread of new technology is fighting a losing battle.
6 The fire spread very rapidly because of the strong wind.
7 Education is the only weapon to fight the spread of the disease.
8 Thicker cloud with occasional rain or drizzle will spread into some western areas during the night.
9 Cookies are spread with white sugar pebbling the surface.
10 Its branches spread far and wide.
11 If disease is allowed to spread among the crops, it will cause wide spread devastation.
12 An old worker spread his padded coat on the floor and insisted that I lie down for a while.
13 The effects of this policy spread far beyond children now at school.
14 The cancer has spread to his stomach.
15 The treatment has so far done little to arrest the spread of the cancer.