Sentence examples for Lengthy stretches from inspiring English sources

Lengthy stretches of near-contemporary history written by prominent local (Republican) settler-politician Anthony Jennings Bledsoe are dedicated to sarcastically deriding several federal officers for their "philanthropy" — including a demand for evidence of murder or imminent danger before attacking native tribes.

My day, once broken by naps, gradually turned into lengthy stretches of sleep, punctuated by moments of wakefulness.

Injuries have deprived the Yankees of nearly all of their star hitters for lengthy stretches this season.

Luo spent lengthy stretches of his later life working in Beijing but always returned to Yangzhou, where he died.

Americans accustomed to warm summers with lengthy stretches of high temperatures are likely more familiar with the risks associated with extreme heat events.

Mika Zibanejad had the other goal for Ottawa, which got 26 saves from Craig Anderson in a game the Canadiens controlled for lengthy stretches.

The California Highway Patrol said early Thursday that it was closing a lengthy stretch of the highway, between Ventura and Carpinteria, an oceanside city in Santa Barbara County.

After a few hearty laughs and the profuse apologies of Conrad Bain, good old Mr Wilkes happily avoids a lengthy stretch at Rikers Island.

Now, after two years as the captain for Riverkeeper, he is intimately familiar with every reef, sandbar and oyster bed along his lengthy stretch of the Hudson River.

It was hard to imagine this frail, delicate man-child surviving a lengthy stretch in the hard-as-nails California state prison system.

With New York City Marathon runners now settled on Fourth Avenue for a lengthy stretch, many take stock of their pace, grab their first cup of water or high-five a child for the first of, oh, a hundred times.