prolong
verb (used with object)
to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer.
were prolonging
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past progressiveof prolong.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A consortium of Catholic and Protestant relief agencies organized an air force of lumbering four-engine propeller airplanes to supply Biafra despite protests from Gowon that they were prolonging the war and violating Nigerian airspace.
From Time Magazine Archive
Touch was obtained with the 8th Warwicks in Templeux village, who were prolonging the attack on the right, and with the 4th Oxfords on the left.
From The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) by C. R. M. F. (Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser) Cruttwell
Frank feared lest we were prolonging the interview beyond his strength, and rose to leave.
From Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Madeline Leslie
The hitherto unknown cousins were delightful people, and she and her brother were prolonging their stay till the middle of January.
From Penny Plain by O. Douglas
The well deepened by inches rather than feet while Wallie sweated, and his suspicion gradually became a conviction as he watched them that they were prolonging the work purposely.
From The Dude Wrangler by Caroline Lockhart
