stretch
Example Sentences
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In some ways the films seem to invite accusations of pretension, of reach exceeding grasp and grandeur stretched into grandiosity.
Crystal Palace have been feeling the effects of a heavy schedule, and at the moment their squad seems really stretched.
From BBC
In Kyiv, blackouts now routinely stretch beyond 12 hours a day in some areas.
Meanwhile, she contended, she was struggling to stay afloat on the several thousand dollars in monthly spousal support that the court temporarily awarded her as the proceedings stretched on for more than two years.
From Los Angeles Times
We applied on a government website for a $5 permit to cut down a Christmas tree in the Willamette National Forest, which stretches along the western slopes of Oregon’s Cascade Range.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
