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Meanings of lengthen out in English
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Usage of lengthen out in English
1
We need not lengthen out our the by narrating what there ensued.
2
It is their interest to amuse, in order to lengthen out their protection.
3
Bowers hung on to the sledge, Evans and Oates had to lengthen out.
4
But this served only, like most artificial palliatives, to lengthen out the misery.
5
To delay longer would be only to lengthen out her misery.
6
To you, honest fathers, who lengthen out the evening to maintain your families!
7
The thick body seemed to lengthen out and gain a world of sinuous suppleness.
8
Not only did the slope lengthen out, but the light changed from gloom to gold.
9
I stared at it again, and then back at her, feeling the silence lengthen out.
10
Annesley agreed in silence; but in her heart she was glad to lengthen out the adventure.
11
The life of peace is that which men should chiefly desire to lengthen out and improve.
12
Thin clouds form, and the shadows lengthen out.
13
Verily, not the rope-makers will I resemble: they lengthen out their cord, and thereby go ever backward.
14
All he can hope is to prolong his days, and lengthen out his life-oftena distressing one.
15
First, she put the tip of one finger into the rushing sparkle, slowly, to lengthen out her joy.
16
If you cannot prevent it-butI must not reason on such an event, nor lengthen out this letter.
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Lengthen out across language varieties
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