prolonged
lasting a long time; lengthy: Regular or prolonged absence from school without a valid reason may result in the absentee being barred from examinations.
lengthened or extended in time or space:Technological innovations in the ICU have led to artificially prolonged life, with associated costs.Abnormally shortened or prolonged telomeres are a hallmark of cancer.
the simple past tense and past participle of prolong.
Origin of prolonged
1Other words from prolonged
- un·pro·longed, adjective
- well-pro·longed, adjective
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How to use prolonged in a sentence
I tend to prolong my meals until they take on the mood of a snack, and to draw out my snacks, too.
After all, the tantalizing appeal of SAT solving is that if you can just figure out how to check one more case, call one more babysitter, prolong the search just a little longer, you might find what you’re looking for.
Computer Scientists Attempt to Corner the Collatz Conjecture | Kevin Hartnett | August 26, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThe smartphone market also dropped 20% year-over-year during the first quarter, underscoring the coronavirus pandemic’s prolonged financial hit.
This smartphone maker’s sales dropped the most due to COVID-19 | jonathanvanian2015 | August 25, 2020 | FortuneIf they aren’t able to speak up when they spot a problem, we risk prolonging this crisis, deepening the economic pain, and ultimately losing more lives.
The record was as meticulous as it was prolonged, with researchers relying on a microscope to log shifts of mercury as fine as one-hundredth of an inch.
But medical experts say being able to take advantage of American health care almost certainly prolonged his life.
A few hours after the prolonged exposure to Duncan, Williams and her fetus died of overwhelming Ebola infection.
The Only Thing More Terrifying Than Ebola Is Being Pregnant With Ebola | Kent Sepkowitz, Abby Haglage | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, the pilot is actually a prolonged rant against the very behaviors that many people wrongfully assume the show celebrates.
‘Selfie’ Is Both a Brilliant and Terrible TV Show | Kevin Fallon | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut McCrum withdrew his name in 2010, as the prolonged nomination process stalled his law practice.
A woman, sixty-eight, suffers a heart attack and goes into prolonged cardiac arrest.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead | Sandeep Jauhar | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonIt was a severe and prolonged operation, p. 182but saved my life and re-established my health.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThen, lifting its head and muzzle to the sky, it opened its long jaws and gave vent to a dismal and prolonged howling.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodThe prolonged and doubtful struggle naturally wearied out the patience of the non-combatants behind Gillies Hill.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThis condition prolonged the separation of our faith from science for fifteen hundred years after its beginning.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
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