elongated

Example Sentences

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The tomatoes have an elongated plum shape and a pointed tip.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In this reading, Satan resembles an elongated asteroid-sized object similar to the interstellar body Oumuamua, arriving with enough force to trigger a planetwide geological event.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

As the name suggests, a stellar bar is a straight, elongated feature that stretches across the central region of a spiral galaxy.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Mr. Llamazares’s writing is finely observational and often delicate: “My submachine-gun leaves a shadow of death on the ground like an elongated ear of wheat,” Ángel notices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

First they assume the form of elongated threads, on which the genes are aligned, like beads on a string.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson