How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!

A thick stack of crime scene photographs were spread neatly before my wife.

The shore held many pools, and each showed me my bed, the coverlet neatly spread for the repose of my rag doll.

KC neatly spread the calendars over the table.

Alarys became much too intent on straightening skirts already neatly spread around her, attempting to ignore what she did not want to see.

Half a dozen well-mounted officers in thin-plumed helmets that hid all but their eyes rode at the column's head, looking neither left nor right, red cloaks spread neatly over their horses' cruppers.

Quinn-Reece glanced up briefly from the papers neatly spread on a low table in front of him, but gave no sign of welcome.

A double mattress was on the ground, the blankets spread neatly; and a little tin stove stood on iron legs, and the fire in it burned unevenly.

Oil is spread over a griddle (tava) and a small amount of the dough is neatly spread over it to resemble a thin pancake (rotti).

The sawdust that was spread neatly over the floor each morning was by now kicked into heaps and soaked in the splashings of wine.