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Meanings of at a stretch in английском

In contact with each other or in proximity.

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Examples for "together"
Examples for "together"
1
The last crisis brought Europe and the world together, at least briefly.
Reuters
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Working together, government leaders confronted these challenges and successfully contained the crisis.
Reuters
3
Toke Talagi says political leaders need to work together on the issue.
Radio NZ
4
He said government and the sector needed to formulate a solution together.
Radio NZ
5
The State and the industry would come together to fund new medicines.
Independent.ie
1
He'd been doing it several times a year for years on end.
Voices
2
Elsewhere, carcasses were often left exposed on platforms for months on end.
Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
3
He trembled; his hair stood on end; he could not control himself.
Filipino Popular Tales
4
A runelord can fight for hours on end, but not without food.
Chaosbound
5
Cars had to line up for days on end at the pumps.
Say you're one of them
Usage of at a stretch in английском
1
In the first days, Mausami slept-sixteen ,eighteen ,twentyhours at a stretch.
The passage
2
He was still yawning; he had slept eighteen hours at a stretch.
L'Assommoir
3
Now she merely sat by the fire for hours at a stretch.
The Golem and the Jinni
4
His tongue can roll and rattle for twelve hours at a stretch.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
5
One subtle answer may be true, or even at a stretch, two.
Recollections of My Youth
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You don't even deceive yourself, not for three minutes at a stretch.
The Devil's Garden
7
As far as references points go, we're at a stretch here.
The South African
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He was alert for as long as fifteen minutes at a stretch now.
Body work
9
Besides, it would have meant eighteen hours in the air at a stretch.
Round the World in Seven Days
10
We were doing no more than seven miles at a stretch.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
11
Often he rode in a doze for miles at a stretch.
Lonesome dove
12
All he could manage was three hours at a stretch before passing out.
Wired
13
It might go eighty miles at a stretch, but I won't guarantee more.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2
14
Sometimes he was away from home a fortnight at a stretch.
My Brilliant Career
15
I can take two watches at a stretch, if it comes to that.
Hunger
16
He would gallop as much as fifty versts at a stretch!
A Hero of Our Time