Sentence example with the word 'prolong'

prolong

adjourn, draw, hang up, keep going, lengthen out, postpone, protract, reserve, spin out, string out, tense

Definition v. lengthen in time

Last update: September 1, 2015


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All spices should be kept in airtight jars to prolong their life.   [verb]

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Some try to salvage the dominant paradigm with endless minute adjustments that merely prolong its inevitable demise.   [verb]

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The doctor prolonged the patient's life for some more days by a good treatment.   [Please select]

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In the midst of these prolonged and savage yells, a chief proclaimed, in a high voice, that the captive was condemned to endure the dreadful trial of torture by fire.   [verb]

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Had Hawkeye been aware of the low estimation in which the skillful Uncas held his representations, he would probably have prolonged the entertainment a little in pique.   [verb]

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In that language he knew so well how to assume, he diverted his comrades from their instant purpose, and invited them to prolong the misery of their victims.   [verb]

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The passage from Harwich to Ostend in a fishing-smack had been a perilous transit, prolonged by adverse winds.   [verb]

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As he approached with timid and uncertain steps, the chant, after one or two wild and prolonged cadences, died away into profound silence.   [verb]

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Nothing is gained by postponement and the pain is only prolonged.   [verb]

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Is it that wakefulness may prolong the little term of life, of which they dread the end.   [verb]

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Your wealth is said to be vast, though the foolish war which Antony, with your aid, so greatly prolonged, devoured vast sums.   [verb]

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