protract
verb (used with object)
to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
have protracted
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present perfectof protract.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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When you have protracted response events or complex events, what you want to do is set aside a group of subject matter experts to look at the long term.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2020
“Tell me you have begun total denuclearization, because we’re not going to have protracted negotiations,” he imagined Trump telling the North Korean.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2018
The pace of Hernandez’s jog to second would have protracted the wait in a senior citizen movie ticket line.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2011
Schlesinger says that the "second strike might have protracted the stand on the beachhead from three days to ten."
From Time Magazine Archive
We have protracted our dinner to so great a length, that we have hardly time to add one word by way of grace.
From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Charles Dickens
