Example Sentences

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This weekend’s atmospheric-river-powered storm created a long band of rainfall that on Thursday was stretching across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

Never mind that Levine was stretching the truth, which was that the Pulitzer board had determined in 2010 that the Enquirer was merely eligible to submit its articles for consideration.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

My arm was stretching into one of my jacket's sleeves when the first text about Matthew Perry’s death gently buzzed my phone.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

Muchova - who was stretching between points - simply kept hitting big shots.

From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2023

The goat’s dawdling was stretching Anya’s time in the woods, and she really wanted to get out fast.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack