adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an outstretched hand (= stretched out towards someone or something )
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She took her father's outstretched hand and began to walk from the room.
outstretched
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The eagle descended on outstretched wings.
with outstretched arms
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Manuel came forward with outstretched arms to welcome Magda.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
arm
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In the easier version for younger children, they are freed by touching their outstretched arms .
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Failing all this, raising and lowering your outstretched arms at your side is an accepted international distress signal.
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With outstretched arm he dropped the ball in the circle.
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The eagle swoops towards the goats with outstretched arms .
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She brought her outstretched arms down, clasped her hands together.
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Then, sliding carefully out from under his outstretched arm , she slipped out of bed.
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Who's this larger-than-life character with the outstretched arms , the tenor who sings Nessun Dorma like a dream?
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Lie on your right side with head resting on your outstretched arm .
finger
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With an outstretched finger , she traced the lines of Pascoe's sleeping face.
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Closer, there were her outstretched fingers to study as they burrowed through the sand.
hand
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Victorine balanced the cake tin on the palm of her outstretched hand and frowned at it.
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She stopped instantly, the pot in her outstretched hands .
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She spun round and brought one heel down with tremendous force on to his outstretched hand .
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She smiled hesitantly, ignored the outstretched hands , and stepped into Silvio's office.
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Isaac's outstretched hands clawed at the muddy earth, then they relaxed.
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Her fingers lay slender and perfect, passive across his outstretched hand .
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Then he reached out, grasped Mandy's outstretched hand and pulled her back to safe, solid ground.
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The guests moved in with outstretched hands .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The birds rose with outstretched wings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His outstretched foot was being singed.
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It's like an Electric Ballroom gig: rowdy, bawdy, hands outstretched , fingers touching, bodies crushing.
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It fell forwards and I managed to catch it on my outstretched forearm.
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Sit on the floor with legs outstretched and apart.
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Sitting with legs outstretched , squeeze the legs together 30 times, holding each squeeze for 1 second.
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Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together.
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Start as before with arms outstretched , then gently curve the body sideways.
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We had to edge sideways along with our arms outstretched against the opposite wall for support.