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protracted

Main Entry:	pro·tract [proh-trakt, pruh-] /proʊˈtrækt, prə-/ Show Spelled
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Main Entry:	protract
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Example Sentences

The protracted heat had the effect of driving away every one nearly from the city yesterday.

Be prepared for a protracted process in which communication seems inadequate.

His predecessors were aged in quite a different way, by the pressure of protracted wars and extraordinary international crises.

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The protracted heat had the effect of driving away every one nearly from the city yesterday.

Be prepared for a protracted process in which communication seems inadequate.

His predecessors were aged in quite a different way, by the pressure of protracted wars and extraordinary international crises.

The nets and ropes cut into the animal's flesh, and can in rare cases lead to a painful and protracted death.

Protracted conflict, not insurgent victory, is the threat.

The withdrawn bid ends a protracted disagreement over price and regulator approval.

Motorola also expects healthy profits in the next quarter as handset sales recover from a protracted slump.

He also said no country ever benefited from a protracted war.

For example, eBay is engaged in protracted litigation against other alleged cookie stuffers it sued two years ago.

Many protracted and animated discussions were indulged in, and a variety of opinions expressed.

But as banks face up to a protracted period of much lower growth, sackings have picked up again.

They have engaged in a protracted and mendacious smear of modern obstetrics.

The companies settled the dispute last year, without disclosing terms, after a protracted legal battle.

Few expect a protracted slowdown in the remaining years of this decade.

After a protracted holiday break, it feels good to follow up on what's going on in the field.

But the organisation was paralysed by a protracted power struggle.

The current global economic and financial meltdown may yet become something worse: a protracted global depression.

He was lionised by old ladies, but his police career ended in a bitter, protracted and inconclusive scandal over alleged abuses.

Not the slightest shade of uneasiness, at home, on account of her protracted absence.

France feels exposed to the immigration a protracted civil war might prompt.

And the repricing of mortgage-backed securities looks likely to be a protracted business.

It may go to court if it has the energy for a protracted battle.

Not to mention five years of insinuation and accusation about marital infidelities, a protracted battle.

For huge and state schools, the process can be pretty protracted.

Simply put, a drought is a period of protracted dryness caused by reduced precipitation.

Army during its protracted campaign to subjugate the.

Huntington's chorea is hereditary and leads to a protracted deterioration of the brain.

Working with them is what makes the paltry wages and protracted hours worthwhile.

Thailand is in the midst of a protracted and fatally violent power-struggle, with no clear end in sight.

Fall migration generally more protracted than in spring.

Slavery can neither continue to exist in the midst of protracted war, nor of hostile agitation.

For many, the drama marked the final chapter in the protracted struggle between the generals and.

The recrafting of military systems to succeed in a protracted war on terrorism starts with intelligence.

Nothing can be achieved in the protracted war on drugs unless this country curbs its own demand for illegal narcotics.

Indeed, the chances of a protracted legal tussle have increased.

But lawyers predict the protracted battle will alter the way the players approach these deals in the future:.

The filing comes after a protracted period of uncertainty.

Others have held back, wary that the protracted slump in natural-gas prices will not abate soon.

Inside, it has to be grindingly restored through a protracted period of lower inflation and slower growth.

Since then, its fate has been the subject of protracted debate and legal battles.

If central bankers allow inflation expectations to become unhinged, they will have a nasty, protracted problem on their hands.

And these conjunctions can cause the cycle to fade for protracted periods, as it seems to have done recently.

Worse, there are several reasons why today's mess could be more protracted than previous episodes.

And the protracted dithering was damaging to morale.

The definition of manipulation includes protracted large-scale intervention in one direction in the exchange markets.

As a result, negotiations with the country had become increasingly protracted and difficult.

Eritrea's prickliness lies in it's protracted and isolated fight for independence.

But chief executives cannot renew cultures without years of protracted and increasingly disseminated effort to that end.

The system of appeals has grown more protracted because of fears that innocent people may be executed.

And these divergences are worth watching closely, particularly as employment recovery grows ever more protracted.

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