protracting
Example Sentences
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It’s good that the bar at Itsumono is a fine hangout, because as the place fills up you will hang out, with waits between drinks protracting even with two barkeeps at work.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
And it is worse than useless for both to continue protracting the argument, when they know that the opinion of neither will be shaken.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
Upon this they despatched ambassadors into the enemy's camp; and whilst these were protracting negotiations during the night, the Thebans, with their wives and children, evacuated the city.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens
Despite these drawbacks, he was for some years the means of protracting the gallant struggle in America and of bringing many disasters on the English arms.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd
And if they catch any one in their toils, they entangle him in a thousand meshes, pretending sickness by way of protracting the consultations.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Charles Duke Yonge
