prolonged
Example Sentences
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Some people make it out of a childhood of poverty, or manage to avoid disaster after a prolonged splurge or a poor investment decision, and some people don’t.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
Head gardener Simon Tetlow said prolonged summer drought had created one of the most challenging growing seasons the team had experienced.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“We are facing a prolonged disruption, and yet the economy has performed better,” said Stefano Scarpetta, the OECD’s chief economist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Experts have described the prolonged dry period as a megadrought, and it continues to place intense pressure on the region's limited water supplies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
He tells Olivia all of the things Annabelle hasn’t—how her knee pain has grown so that even prolonged spans of sitting hurt.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Vocabulary lists containing prolonged
The Call of the Wild
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Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940)
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