1. expanse - Noun
2. expanse - Verb
That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.
To expand.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMarriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life. André Maurois
It is the prayer of my innermost being To realize my supreme identity In the liberated play of consciousness, The Vast Expanse. Now is the moment, Here is the place of Liberation. Alex Grey
It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work. Frank Borman
Women are more powerful than they think. A mother's warmth is the essence of motivation. If we could liquefy the encouragement, care and compassion we deliver to our children it would surely fill an expanse greater than the Pacific. Louise Burfitt-Dons
The others, one by one, straighten themselves. The storm is falling more heavily on the expanse of flayed and martyred fields. The day is full of night. Henri Barbusse
Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water. There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The "I" is the jar. Ramakrishna