Example Sentences

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“We don’t earn much money, we’re stretched thin.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Like endless, dormant serpents, the colossal concrete casing of the pipelines stretched along the seabed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

After that, things can get a little more stretched, shall we say.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

What’s more, banking on 2036 sales and earnings projections will inevitably lead to incredible stock volatility if timelines get stretched out, competition emerges, or just about anything else happens to key assumptions.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Then we stretched it out to scrape it, and hung it again to rinse it, many hands making light work.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck