stretch out
Example Sentences
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Shekinah Samayah-Thomas says she has been trying to stretch out her remaining supply of Wegovy since January, when California's medicaid programme stopped covering it for weight loss.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
"We are starting with food and water rationing on board, just so we can stretch out the number of days we go with available resources in case food, water and fuel are unavailable."
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Only after readers have become invested in the characters—pot committed, so to speak—does Tolstoy stretch out the scenes and slow the action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Jellyfish galaxies get their name from the long, flowing streams of gas that stretch out behind them, resembling tentacles.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
I step into it briefly, stretch out my hands; they fill with flowers of light.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
