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Examples of protract
protract
To take that stand would only protract the proceedings, hurting the President too.
From the time.com
The new law will protract an already lengthy process by adding several new procedures.
From the washingtonpost.com
Turning Jamie's notes into stories, he says, has given him a way to protract their bond.
From the usatoday.com
It will only protract the time it takes for this country to go broke.
From the dailyherald.com
We watched further, inwardly wincing and cringing, as the awful moment somehow managed to protract itself.
From the suntimes.com
Legal proceedings may or may not protract.
From the newsweek.com
It has been postulated that the number was part of a ritual devised to protract the suffering of the victim.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It might be worth cutting some stems back as late as early May, by about one third, to protract their flowering period further.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Republican negativism played great in the media, slowed or blunted reforms in the Senate, and interacted with slow-paced Democratic tactics in Congress to protract health reform bargaining.
From the roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com
- Prolong: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
- (protracted) drawn-out: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"
- (protraction) lengthiness: the consequence of being lengthened in duration
- (protraction) prolongation: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"
- Protraction is the anatomical term of motion for anterior movement of the arms at the shoulders.
- To draw out; to extend, especially in duration; To use a protractor; To draw or delineate
- (protracted) Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual
- (Protraction) In surveying, the act of plotting or laying down on paper, etc. the dimension of a field or plot of ground.
- (protraction) Moving a body part anteriorly. (26)
