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Meanings of lengthened in English

Drawn out or made longer spatially.

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Usage of lengthened in English
1
The winter ran its course and the days lengthened in the spring.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
2
Early data suggest that this difference translates into significantly lengthened progression-free survival.
Pubmed
3
Slowly the pale glow in the east lengthened and broadened and brightened.
Under Handicap / A Novel
4
It lengthened while it swayed; it slowed its action while it stretched.
The Border Legion
5
And as I held out hope, it lengthened my own, demonic vision.
Demon: a memoir
6
The shadows lengthened, and a wind of the evening entered the wood.
Audrey
7
The diplomat pondered the proposition-againwith a lengthened perturbation of the eyelids.
The Market-Place
8
Clinging to the river, his journey was lengthened by some sixty miles.
The River's End
9
The shadows had lengthened and the moon already glowed a warmer bronze.
The Wrong Twin
10
Beyond lengthened out the gigantic gap between the black and frowning cliffs.
The Rainbow Trail
11
Slowly the long day passed, the shadows lengthened and it became night.
Wood Magic: A Fable
12
The shadows lengthened; the sun sizzled atop the ridge to the west.
Assail
13
In exchange, the company's concessions were to be lengthened and taxes reduced.
Reuters
14
The chestnut seemed to settle towards the earth as his stride lengthened.
Alcatraz
15
But of course a lengthened stay in such a house was impossible.
Aylwin
16
Jagr's fangs lengthened as the footsteps edged toward his seemingly unconscious form.
Darkness unleashed
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Lengthened across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common