Synonym: area, surface area, sweep. Similar words: expansion, expansively, expand, expense, at the expense of, faux pas, taxpayer, pan. Meaning: [-ns] 
n. 1. a wide scope 2. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary 3. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky.
n. 1. a wide scope 2. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary 3. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky. 
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1, She gazed at the immense expanse of the sea.
2, We have a vast expanse of cultivated land.
3, The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.
4, A vast expanse of golden crops lay before us.
5, The moon's flame brightened the vast expanse of grassland.
6, Ahead lay a vast expanse of wheat.
7, She overlooked the vast expanse from the tower.
8, There was a vast expanse of utterly empty sky to look at.
9, We gazed out over the limitless expanse of the desert.
10, A vast expanse of rice fields was laid out before us.
11, Fergus was staring at the plasterboard expanse above them.
12, We traveled across a broad expanse of desert.
13, The Pequod moves softly through the blue expanse.
14, The clouds were scudding across the expanse of blue.
15, This will give the curtains a larger expanse and create a striking splash of colour.
16, Alternatively it can be balanced by the large expanse of blank, negative mount, which will assert its texture.
17, All that remained on the barren expanse was a deafening silence.
18, Beyond this channel the great main expanse of the lake towards the east opens out.
19, In summer it is a huge expanse of grain-growing land.
20, West of the atrium is a large expanse of water popularly known as the port of Milan.
21, Across a wide expanse of mahogany sat a man in his fifties.
22, There had been such a wide expanse of firm ground that a trench had never been worn.
23, My mind is a blank, a vast,[http://sentencedict.com/expanse.html] puffy expanse of nothingness.
24, He had undone the buttons of his shirt, exposing an unsightly expanse of white flesh.
25, This conservatory enjoys an enviable position overlooking a leafy expanse.
26, I felt/gave a shiver as I looked out at the dark expanse of sea.
27, The mountains fall to the east to the flat expanse of the plateau.
28, If she goes forward now she will be visible; the wide expanse of grass leads to stone steps with a balustrade.
29, Music blares out from the theatre across the great expanse.
30, No large mining operations ever tore into this harsh expanse.