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How to pronounce “sprawl”
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Pronunciation guide for sprawl
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sprawl with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- 7 principles for building better cities
It's called sprawl, and I'll be upfront about that.
- Definition summary
- To sit with the limbs spread out.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce sprawl
7 principles for building better cities
It's called sprawl, and I'll be upfront about that.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sprawl”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- To sit with the limbs spread out.
- To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
- (wrestling, martial arts) To scoot the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of an opponent attempting a takedown.
- [Noun]
- An ungainly sprawling posture.
- A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
- (wrestling, martial arts) A defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, where one scoots the legs backwards so as to land on the upper back of the opponent.
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Similar Sounds
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