2 example sentences using spread-eagle.
Spread-eagle used in a sentence
Spread-eagle in a sentence as a verb
You don't often see spread-eagle positions in photos either but nobody would mind using it to show off some full-body tattoos.
Spread-eagle in a sentence as an adjective
I think of it more as somebody trying to hold a raft together, spread-eagled on the deck hanging onto the mast, the tiller, the log decking, hoping the storm passes and it all hasn't broken up yet.
Spread-eagle definitions
verb
stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor"
verb
stretch over; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county"
verb
execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
verb
stand with arms and legs spread out
verb
defeat disastrously
See also: spreadeagle rout
adjective
with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor"