The act of prolonging something.
1 Thinking about that lengthening list, Shaw almost missed what Robinson said next.
2 Congestion, pollution and lengthening journey times are now staple topics of conversation.
3 She saw the days vanishing, and the inevitable years lengthening over her.
4 It falls just after the solstice, when the days are perceptibly lengthening .
5 The shadows were lengthening , the shafts of sunlight more bold and clear.
6 She kept her eyes fixed on the lengthening shadows around the rocks.
7 Tall pines threw lengthening shadows across the open spaces on the mountain-sides.
8 She could see now that they weren't really stars, they were lengthening .
9 The shadows were lengthening already, each evening drawing in-anearly autumn then.
10 Two shapes in white, with shadows preposterously lengthening , went down the hill.
11 The suits let out howls of excitement and began lengthening their strides.
12 Delays, disasters to vehicles and horses and the maddening lengthening of time.
13 This may be nature's method of lengthening the life of the individual.
14 The shadows were so rapidly lengthening that we had to hurry on.
15 Shadows were lengthening ; it would be dark in less than an hour.
16 Our local newspaper prints week by week its ever- lengthening Roll of Honour.
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