I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
urban sprawl
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planning policies designed to limit the growth of urban sprawl
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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Out in the corridor, Gazzer was asleep, legs sprawled out, head thrown back, mouth wide open, snoring.
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Many of the most sensitive writers and artists of that period denounced the factories and the cities that sprawled out around them.
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Suburbs sprawled out to provide homes for the newly prosperous who were searching for more peaceful surroundings.
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Once, on a particularly warm day, Quinn saw him sprawled out on the grass asleep.
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We may see a road accident but we shall never be sprawled out on the tarmacadam like that.
over
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In the sanctuary we found Damien sprawled over the prie-dieu.
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I took over and we lost our way where a blackened adobe town sprawled over a hill above a steelworks.
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There were ancient, faded tapestries sprawling over the pale-panelled walls.
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The park lay in sodden neglect, sprawling over its rank acreage as if it had passed out.
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It was stuck up to the hilt in the back of Lord Westbourne, sprawled over the desk.
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She hit the edge of the table with bruising force, her upper body sprawling over its surface.
■ NOUN
chair
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Scorsese is sprawling in a chair during a lull when my mobile trills.
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The piece evolves from narcissistic poses, with each dancer in a spotlight, two of them sprawling across folding chairs .
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Ratagan sprawled in a chair , his long legs crossed in front of him.
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He was sprawled in his chair , his long legs outstretched, his hand holding the plate of sandwiches away from his body.
floor
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Without thinking, she elbowed through them, sending them sprawling to the floor as the scientists dashed out shouting.
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Although he hadn't actually handled her particularly roughly, she lost her balance and went sprawling on the floor .
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He was sprawled on the floor , watching the innocent little girl on the test card with a touching devotion.
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Fife and Drum sprawled contentedly on the floor .
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Jay poured brandy and sprawled on the floor .
■ VERB
send
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Without thinking, she elbowed through them, sending them sprawling to the floor as the scientists dashed out shouting.
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Nolan Ryan sent Dave Winfield sprawling to eat dirt.
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The door shot open, knocking Bill from his feet and sending him sprawling across the sidewalk.
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The sway of the crowd sent him sprawling .
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James was sent sprawling across his own parlour carpet, a blinding anger building inside him.
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The shock rocked the gallery and sent her sprawling back into Atrimonides.
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The notary gave Broussac a vigorous shove which sent my companion sprawling into the open sewer.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be/lie/sit sprawled (out)
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He was lying sprawled across the pillow leaning on his elbow, his head propped to one side, reading the letter.
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His rear gunner lay sprawled dead in the back.
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The next thing she knew, she was lying sprawled across the pavement.
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The observer lay sprawled across his gun, his blond hair streaming romantically in the wind.
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We may see a road accident but we shall never be sprawled out on the tarmacadam like that.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The middle-class neighborhoods sprawl outward from the city center.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Carla is sprawled on the sofa.
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Gallagher drove his fist into his face and sent him sprawling on his back.
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Jimmy sprawled, his hands now braced solidly on the steps in front of him.
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Ralemberg and his wife sprawled there, their throats gashed from ear to ear.
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They sprawled panting on the ground, resting their weight against the rocks.
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We bathed our feet deliciously before sprawling on the soft mossy bank in the drying heat of the sun.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
urban
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This factor had considerable importance in engendering urban sprawl .
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It negates home-field advantage for home-grown retailers and contributes to urban sprawl .
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Ribbon development, urban sprawl and scattered housing were all brought under reasonable control.
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Nor are the results of urban sprawl always aesthetic.
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A fictionalised countryside comes back to brighten the dark heart of the urban sprawl .
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If you want the definition of urban sprawl , look at one-acre or three-acre lots.
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These powers were permissive, and in most of Britain urban sprawl and ribbon development continued more or less unabated.
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They soon left the urban sprawl of roundabouts, sodium streetlights and Wimpey homes and Dexter began to speed along country lanes.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be/lie/sit sprawled (out)
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He was lying sprawled across the pillow leaning on his elbow, his head propped to one side, reading the letter.
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His rear gunner lay sprawled dead in the back.
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The next thing she knew, she was lying sprawled across the pavement.
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The observer lay sprawled across his gun, his blond hair streaming romantically in the wind.
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We may see a road accident but we shall never be sprawled out on the tarmacadam like that.
send sb/sth flying/sprawling/reeling etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fictionalised countryside comes back to brighten the dark heart of the urban sprawl .
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As long as that remains the status quo, there will be uncontrolled sprawl in Tucson.
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His sprawl makes me seem like a silent, precise insect.
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On one side of them was a sprawl of turquoise cabbages, frilly and tight-waisted, ready to bolt.
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Some people call it rural sprawl .
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The editor of a new national magazine called me up before Christmas and asked me to write a story about suburban sprawl .
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They identify the mechanisms that make suburban sprawl possible, almost inevitable.
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Through the front window lay a sprawl of hills, but the window above my bed butted the neighbour's garage.