drawn-out

Example Sentences

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The Friday ceremony will cap an unusually drawn-out transition at the top of the central bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Either way, it looks like Streeting is biding his time, meaning a drawn-out battle.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The emirate borrowed at a premium to avoid a drawn-out fundraising process, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Subsequent years saw a drawn-out struggle across the industry to complete construction projects as shares plunged and cash flows choked.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

It wasn’t the tactical possibilities that made him consume time, but the long, drawn-out endgame position, rife with complications.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady