Sentence examples similar to Heavily protracted from inspiring English sources
Given how much of this case the government claims must be kept secret, if the trigger-happy security officer(s) in charge of the censor button - whoever or wherever they may be - continue to censor the word "secret" every time it's uttered, we're going to be in for a heavily redacted, protracted and ultimately super-confusing next few years of this case.
Reeling from the cost, mixed results and unintended consequences of protracted ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration has come to rely heavily on drones to carry out the targeted killing of suspected extremists worldwide.
Perhaps even more worrying to Mr. Assad, his military has come to rely more heavily on equipment designed for a major battle with a foreign enemy, namely Israel, rather than a protracted civil conflict with his own people.
But all of the Texas nominees were heavily vetted by the White House before they even made it to the Judiciary Committee, and the committee's review process ― as protracted as it may be ― doesn't prevent Cornyn and Cruz from turning in their blue slips to signal they want their nominees to move.
They are also protracted.
Conflicts are becoming more protracted.
He had protracted fevers.
Another protracted silence.
It invited intimate, protracted viewing.
