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Example sentences for "stretching away"

  • A frozen void seemed to surround him, like a great sea, calm, but boundless, stretching away in all directions from a shipwrecked mariner.

  • Night had fallen; the deserted tanca, stretching away beneath a clear sky sparkling with big, yellow stars, glowed with the red light of the brush fires.

  • How full of light and cheerfulness seemed that little, enclosed spot, with its low stone-wall, beyond which could be seen a broad expanse of open country, stretching away to the distant horizon!

  • In the distance the breezy suburb of Ponsonby is pointed out to us, occupying high ground, from which is visible the winding valley of the Waitemata, stretching away up into the hills.

  • Looking down to the right we see it stretching away, between bold, high banks of irregular outline, flowing down to the harbour and the sea thirty miles off.

  • When morning broke on the fourth day a cry of dismay broke from the wearied men on deck, for ahead could be seen land, stretching away on both bows.

  • The beautiful level, stretching away to the mountains, stood golden with the fields of wheat which the reapers were cutting.

  • Before us, stretching away almost to his base, lay a grand mountain slope, covered with orchards and golden harvest-fields.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stretching away" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being taught; better then; brown sugar; cabin passengers; close examination; could scarce; dangerous thing; departed thence; drew nearer; living things; more interested; mouthed bottles; nearly the same manner; onion sliced; personal experiences; quick motion; stretching away; things above; this circumstance; violet light; what belongs; you just