protracted
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definition
verb
he had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process
prolong.
draw (a plan, etc.) to scale.
adjective
a protracted and bitter dispute
lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
example
Being locked up for 'protracted' periods with only your own thoughts for company can become torturous.
No, I wouldn't bet on anything at this point other than this will be a prolonged, 'protracted' and vigorous fight.
There follows a 'protracted' period of silence, punctuated with the odd sigh but mostly consisting of concentrated chewing.
We can expect a 'protracted' tug of war, which may drag on until the review deadline draws near.
Those secretaries, servants, and ministers who were able to flatter, amuse and treat her as a woman as well as a monarch were the most successful with her during this period of 'protracted' grief.
He particularly wanted to thank all who canvassed over a 'protracted' period.
The claimant, who had been involved in bitter and 'protracted' partnership disputes relating to the firm of solicitors of which he had formally been a partner, sued the defendant barrister for alleged negligence.
It can ill-afford to remain simultaneously engaged on two fronts over a 'protracted' period.
Younger readers will not remember, but that particular industrial dispute was both 'protracted' and bitter; it involved running battles between scores of miners on the one hand and scores of police on the other.
Similarly, Guinness was unhappy with the 'protracted' walk that Lean expected him to make across the parade ground after his release from the hot box.
Sometimes being physically ill or unwell over a 'protracted' period until you're moving over or at least skirting closely along the line into invalidity can bring on a state of melancholy.
Clearly this approach was not sustainable over a 'protracted' period of time and inevitably British soldiers had to adopt a more vigorous stance.
They're expecting a 'protracted' legal battle there.
Federal Court decisions in two cases stemming from the 'protracted' lockout are expected next week.
I did have some level of anxiety at going underwater for 'protracted' periods.
All you have to do is to prove you have suffered ‘unacceptable pain’ over a 'protracted' period and that there is no realistic prospect of your condition improving.
The ruling said Ireland had failed ‘over a 'protracted' period of time’ to establish an adequate and fully operational licensing system for waste disposal.
The relative decline in guerrilla and terror activity has been achieved by curfews and closures, by imprisoning more than two million people in their homes without work or food for 'protracted' periods of time.
‘Earnings are likely to be damaged should prices stay at this level for a 'protracted' period,’ he added.
Any interruption in this intermediation process will bring this 'protracted' period of rampant money supply expansion to a conclusion, with enormous consequences.
With all this rain falling, and so 'protractedly' , it seems as though tsuyu (rainy season) gets longer every year, making Japan very water-rich, in contrast to what's happening in the brokerage houses.
Last week it snowed - suddenly, violently and 'protractedly' - at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon while I was at work.
This one-note movie stretches on 'protractedly' to an almost two hour running time, and you can't help but think if they removed the abundant slow-motion shots, they'd shorten it by half.
Or about some of my more murderous thoughts, where I 'protractedly' weigh out the pros and cons of murdering certain people, and that the only thing that stops me is the idea of going to jail.
No more is she supposed to chat 'protractedly' on the phone with a girlfriend and invite her over, both of which she does: Some people cannot master the art of baby-sitting.
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