protract
verb (used with object)
to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
will protract
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future tenseof protract.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"Invite him to come into the back part of the shop, and I will protract the negotiation while you summon a policeman."
From Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant by Horatio Alger
Still I trust that you will not decide till you are assured that you may come through France without trouble or molestation; and I still prefer Germany, though it will protract your absence.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
The Bank will get poorer and poorer, and its poverty will protract or renew the apprehension.
From Lombard Street : a description of the money market by Walter Bagehot
Give them a sled, or a pair of skates, or a row-boat, or put them on horseback, and they will protract the period of exercise till the teacher in turn grumbles.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 by Various
If you sell one another, why should not I sell this here Elixir of Long Life, which, if properly used, will protract your days till you shall have seen your country ruined.
From The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves by T. (Tobias) Smollett
