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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31, Protestantism was alone in facing the settlers difficult human situation when they were so quickly scattered over such an expanse of land.
32, A man climbed to the top and gazed helplessly at the curved expanse of the copper-sheathed dome.
33, The way paintings were hung, how sculpture and furniture were placed across the vast expanse, suggested landscape rather than decor.
34, Instead of the lake, my gaze rested upon a broken expanse of scrub.
35, They were spread over a wide expanse of riverbank, back at the twisting curling Shannon river once more.
36, Yet the whole was harmonious, welded together beneath the vast expanse of Virginia creeper which covered the walls to the eaves.
37, Ted looked at him and then did this realistic slow-motion fall right on the grassy expanse to the side of the road.
38, But it was nothing compared to the strain of walking out on to that huge expanse of stage and facing the crowd.
39, He looked aloft at the distant ceiling, and at the expanse of sparsely-curtained window space.
40, I looked down at the seemingly endless expanse of green of the Serengeti Plain.
41, It poured over the expanse of lawn[Sentencedict.com], glistened on the few patches of remaining snow.
42, As a prairie youth I loved Vancouver and the great expanse of open sea, and hoped to live there some day.
43, Derelict land often forms the only large expanse of land that is not well-manicured and possessed by peak-capped officials.
44, When it drove away over the ochre expanse, it broke into pieces and dissolved in the air.
45, Insomnia would stand him in good stead in this expanse of knee-high cover.
46, Another android, one of its wings in shreds, fluttered towards the grey-brown expanse below.
47, Sand-covered wooden steps hug a large man-made sand dune buffer, delivering us on to a vast expanse of pale beach.
48, In front of the line was an expanse of woods in which Jackson placed large bodies of skirmishers.
49, Window problem: The huge expanse of windows on Darlington's new Cornmill Centre has presented window cleaners with a headache.
50, The walk southwards brings you to Widemouth Bay, a large expanse of golden sands.
51, He accelerated up a dark and steep hill and finally they emerged on to the flat expanse of Blackheath.
52, Across the warm, sun-filled expanse of wilderness their eyes met with an impact that held them both motionless.
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53, For the Great Fen that once covered the huge expanse of 2,500 square miles has shrunk to a tiny fraction.
54, This question continued to linger in our midst and shroud our lives in a ravenous expanse with no discernible seams or edges.
55, Then it happens again and Pip is left in the wide expanse of the ocean.
56, He had not been here before and he was alarmed by the vast expanse of water that now stretched ahead of him.
57, The vast expanse of Exmoor national park starts at Combe Martin.
58, No trees or houses broke the monotony of the deserted fields. Inside the gates the earth was an expanse of mud.
59, There was something about this huge expanse of rugged land that changed his sense of time.
60, The terrain is very varied from the great expanse of Dartmoor to the gentler stretch of Exmoor.