- present participle of protract.
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
Constantine XIII. and his second in command, the Genoese Giustiniani, did all that brave and skilful men might, in protracting the siege.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
Something cognate to this in the comparison of the power and the greatness of a motive will explain the persistent fatuity of the Boer in protracting his contest with Great Britain.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Robert Hamill Nassau
It is very possible that the treatment He had received at Pilate’s hand had convinced Him that Pilate would eventually yield to the Jews; and what need, then, of protracting the process?
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods
The eager diligence of Blackmore, protracting his studies through the night, broke his health, and obliged him to fly to a country retreat.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
