Spanned
[spænd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Span
Inputed by Gretchen
Examples
- Mary Chivers's mighty feats of athleticism could not have been performed with the twenty-inch waist that May Archer's azure sash so easily spanned. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It is supposed that greater rigidity is obtained by this means than by the suspension, and, like the suspension, great widths may be spanned without an under supporting frame work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It helps us to realize the shortness of all human history to see so many generations spanned by the endurance of one single tree. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Soon the flames had spanned the road to the south and cut off Canler's return. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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