1.   Spiro spread his arms wide in a welcoming gesture.

2.   He turned on the balls of his feet and spread his arms wide.

3.   He spread his arms and he arched his back and he thrust his head as high into the sky as it would go.

4.   Pierre spread his arms and raised his glance to the ceiling.

5.   The page came and sat on the bench beside him and spread his arms confidentially across the table, leaning close.

6.   Appearing at the convention podium for a brief morning rehearsal, Lieberman smiled and spread his arms as if to embrace his new campaign.

7.   Arnie spreads his arms wide and raises his eyebrows.

8.   As Jesus, Ted Neeley looks like he stepped out of a velveteen religious painting, spread his arms and found himself surrounded by a passel of screeching cats.

9.   Asked if he felt the Wolverines deserved the national championship, Griese spread his arms and gazed pointedly at the postgame audience.

10.   Birmingham stopped and spread his arms to test the air for black flies, waiting for that first unmistakable needle-like sting on his exposed flesh.