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. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
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. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
It helps us to realize the shortness of all human history to see so many generations spanned by the endurance of one single tree. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Soon the flames had spanned the road to the south and cut off Canler's return. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.