splayed

• “How seriously hard was it to convey to Mr. Ball that you were anonymous and actually didn't have to have your name splayed all over everything you do or say?”

  Showtime at the Apollo: Rock Racing Comes to Harlem

• “So you can understand why I was intrigued when I saw this phrase splayed in bright green and yellow letters across a young sweatpants-clad butt.”

  Charlotte Hilton Andersen: Backside Billboards

• “His description recalls the splayed skeleton found — or fabricated — by”

  Shelley's Pod People

• “The new king, who was black, was much the quicker, and his horns were splayed, which is always bad, for such bulls will gore sideways instead of tossing.”

  The King Must Die

• “So, was the man really "splayed" on Novak's windshield? doubtful.”

  "Morally speaking, what [Bob] Novak was doing here is no better than walking down a crowded street with his handgun, firing off .22 rounds at random."

• “It's an avenue to explore, because the "splayed" pedestrian had only minor injuries.”

  "Morally speaking, what [Bob] Novak was doing here is no better than walking down a crowded street with his handgun, firing off .22 rounds at random."

• “I have no doubt that if the situation were factionaly inverse, you would see the persons name splayed across every Liberal blog website on the ‘Net.”

  Think Progress » Pajamas Media, Instapundit Facilitate Outing Of Foley Victim

• “splayed" to describe how R2-D2's internal mechanisms would be removed and exhibited across an examining table.”

  EclipseMagazine

• “His shoulder-length hair splayed across the collar of his gold and purple cutaway coats, which often framed chartreuse vests and floral-print ties.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Renegade History of the United States

• “She saw her mother's hand around Mrs. Leiber's upper arm and the other plunged splayed fingers into her hair, their lips touching and Mrs. Leiber's head tilted back as if she was looking up but her eyes were closed.”

  Fictionaut: Still Life, With Girl

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