The others, along with many more scattered throughout the vessel, would be fanning out in search of him.
The party fanned out in four directions to look for the survivors.
I moved closer to him so that the others, already fanned out in line of search, couldn't hear me.
It fanned out around his face in a thick, soft wave.
His team fanned out in single file behind him, riding hard.
But if the disappearance was part of a plan, the list fanned out in a new direction.
From this base camp the survey fanned out in all directions.
With the coming of daylight they'd be fanning out in the woods, and I could not avoid them all.
Soldiers fanned out in the city to guard vulnerable points.
The five big men fanned out in a loose arc around us.