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stretched

adjective as in distended

adjective as in elongated

adjective as in taut

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And that back-to-it energy can leave many of us feeling stretched thin.

From BBC

If Serbia did commit to the wide areas, their midfield three became stretched.

From BBC

Liu does indulge in the prolonging of heartache and indecision, and the story stalls while heading into the third act, the film stretched beyond what the material can sustain.

Armed with a wad of cash — at a time when $100 converted to yen stretched a long way in Japan — the players set out on their first quest: beer.

But aside from those two the list of suspects stretched long enough to cordon off a soccer field.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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