Example Sentences

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Navy veteran who works as a property manager and a financial coach, has been stretching his household spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

On her advice, he has been stretching out injections to every 10 days or two weeks, instead of weekly, since December.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

High global fuel demand has been stretching crude oil supplies.

From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2023

Indeed, Jones has been stretching boundaries for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2019

Hence, the condition to which it looks forward and towards which the soul of the contemplative has been stretching out, is a condition of being, not of seeing.

From Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People by Underhill, Evelyn