Example Sentences

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It felt wonderful, as if my spine were elongating, all the stress draining from my back.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

I got some hazel catkins this spring that were elongating.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914 by Northern Nut Growers Association