protract
verb (used with object)
to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
are protracting
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present progressiveof protract.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Can you not see how they are protracting the war, when you consider that one man of the people, our own Minucius, when he commanded the four legions, was sufficient for the enemy?
From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne
