- present participle of stretch.
stretching
Example Sentences
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Its orbit would have been about four times more eccentric than that of Jupiter's moon Europa, whose icy shell is heavily fractured by the continual gravitational stretching and squeezing it experiences.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
With every sector, excluding healthcare, reporting higher profit margins compared with a year earlier in the most recent quarter, the signs are already there that the economic effects are stretching beyond the hyperscalers alone.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Although stretching out to include the two parishes, at the heart of the southern constituency is the ancient capital of the Isle of Man.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It has served him well in his series of half-hour episodes, but one might have wondered whether stretching it to feature length would also stretch it thin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
When Jeremy turned to watch, he had a sense that the door was stretching itself to let her pass.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
