stretched

Example Sentences

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Parents often keep spending on their kids even when their own budgets are stretched, Bender noted.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Before the Seychelles population was wiped out, the species occupied an even larger range that stretched more than 12,000 kilometers from Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

“Despite initial declines, financial asset prices still look stretched by historical standards, all the more so when current geoeconomic stress and uncertainty are taken into account,” said Luis de Guindos, the ECB’s vice president.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

A stock sale can signal that valuations are stretched.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Hans took me up to the top of the house, to the attic, where I saw Karli lying stretched out on a mattress by a fire with Mutti kneeling over him, bathing his forehead.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo