lengthen
verb (used with object)
to make longer; make greater in length.
have been lengthening
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present perfect progressiveof lengthen.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Advocates note that the same advances in medical science and health care that have been lengthening the lives of the retired would also permit them to keep working for more years.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a summer day this would only have been lengthening out a pleasant ride.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various
