stretched
Example Sentences
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Often the "policies" are suspiciously cheap, but many young drivers stretched by cost of living pressures are lured in, it added.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The Tethys Ocean once stretched across a vast area of the planet before gradually disappearing during the Meso-Cenozoic period, which covers the last 250 million years.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Rows of green tobacco plants stretched towards the bush in a vast field of a crop that has rebounded to record levels in Zimbabwe, driven largely by smallholders contracted to Chinese firms.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
I wondered: Would our family budget, stretched by the appetites and extracurriculars of growing teenagers, allow us to go all-in on electric cars?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Clare stretched out his arms, as if to say, All intact, though he flexed his paw where a quill had struck him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
