How to Use expansive in a Sentence
expansive
adjective- The house has expansive views of the valley.
- The law was expansive in its scope.
- She was in an expansive mood.
- He was unusually expansive at the press conference.
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The dreams seem so expansive and the horizons seem so far.
— Amy Klobuchar, ELLE, 10 May 2023 -
These findings, in turn, formed the basis for the new and more expansive study.
— Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023 -
The tech for the scheme was less sleek and impressive but still expansive.
— WIRED, 13 Feb. 2023 -
The beautiful rooms have expansive views of the city and the Santa Ana Mountains.
— Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2023 -
Many of the villas have huge sunken tubs with floor-to-ceiling windows to check out the expansive view of the mountains.
— Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023 -
There is an expansive quality to the play’s universe that makes the length make sense.
— Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023 -
One of my favorite spots was the expansive Straits Lawn that sloped down toward the water.
— Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024 -
This expansive approach suits a story with as much depth and scope as Dune.
— and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 30 July 2024 -
On the other side, the expansive, sunny sky drops straight to the water, which, though calm and at low tide, now brims over the top of the road and into a parking lot.
— Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024 -
Oversized balconies with expansive ocean views add to the spacious feel of the staterooms.
— Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022 -
The album is expansive and carefree, with swatches of psychedelia and tons of bright, gleaming synths.
— Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024 -
Lean into the expansive nature of a great room by grounding it in a barely there palette of whites and creams.
— Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 1 June 2023 -
Amid the expansive space are five distinct areas, each with its own vibe and design.
— Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024 -
There, guests will find the freshest cuts of beef, along with southern-style entrées and an expansive wine and cocktail menu.
— Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023 -
The American Rescue Plan takes an expansive view of how the money can be spent.
— Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022 -
The old site had an expansive lawn to the south of the stadium with a video board, picnic tables, concessions and games for kids.
— The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Early word is that the bar will also have an expansive program.
— Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024 -
What to Consider The set is very large and might be too expansive for shorter trips or light packers.
— Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023 -
She doesn’t get triggered as easily and has a more expansive outlook on the world around her.
— Audrey Williams, Essence, 18 Nov. 2022 -
The open-frame lantern design is expansive, but doesn’t take up too much space visually.
— Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023 -
All four of the crew members and the entirety of the spacecraft’s interior will be exposed to the expansive void.
— Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024 -
To that end, the main floor houses what might be the most beautiful home weight room, with expansive views of the property’s mature pine trees.
— Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024 -
But the alternative seemed worse: what if, beyond the avant-garde, there was no demand for strange, expansive work?
— Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Antiracism, on the other hand, is a belief system that is much more expansive.
— R. Derek Black, TIME, 21 May 2024 -
On eclipse day, the hotel will invite all guests to gather on its expansive front lawn from 2 p.m. onward to watch the celestial event — the eclipse will end over the area at about 4:40 p.m.
— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2024 -
From there, the views of the Melides lagoon, which cuts through several miles of rice paddies out to the ocean, are unobstructed and expansive.
— Ellie Pithers Clément Vayssieres, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
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