spread eagle in English
verb
stretch out completely; stand with arms and legs spread out; stretch out a person with his/her arms and legs extended; rout, defeat in disastrous manner, defeat overwhelmingly; make an excessively eloquent patriotic speech
Use "spread eagle" in a sentence
1. Anyway, that' s how he ended up spread eagle on the hood of a car
2. 16 Linda mounted the spread-eagle chair and soonan indecipherable gray image appeared on the screen.
3. An Egyptian spread-eagle device is featured in the treasure of Tut-ankh-amoun which has a bird's body with a human head, and in which hieroglyphic symbols are held in the outstretched talons. Sentencedict.com
4. Her face Contorted with pain and shock as if she'd just walked into a lamp post.: She lay on her stomach spread eagle, head titled to the side, face Contorted in pain.: His face Contorted in fury at the murder of his kinsmen, and with a shrill cry he leapt at the nearest of the ogrish guards.: I'm sure his Contorted expression of awe and sadness was a sterling effort.