The phrase "a lengthy stretch of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an extended period of time or a considerable distance in a specific context.
Example: "The hikers embarked on a lengthy stretch of the trail that seemed to go on forever."
Alternatives: "an extended period of" or "a long span of".
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.
A bonus is that a lengthy stretch of beach north of the Marriott is kept in immaculate condition thanks to the hotel's expansion of its beach cleaning area beyond the sand immediately in front of its premises.
The National Police on the Caribbean island have not disclosed details of the alleged car accident, which authorities said happened near kilometer marker 19 on Las Americas highway — a lengthy stretch of road that runs parallel to the Caribbean Sea.
That's either holding down the power button for a lengthy stretch of time, or outright unplugging the system from the wall.
The beat dropped out in "Who Gon Stop Me" so that Jay Z could do a lengthy stretch of the song a cappella.
As a guy who had been out of shape for a while, the prospect of tackling a lengthy stretch of the wilder portion of the Great Wall China was something that daunted me.
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.
After a few hearty laughs and the profuse apologies of Conrad Bain, good old Mr Wilkes happily avoids a lengthy stretch at Rikers Island.
A truly great wrong theory should also have an element of longevity to it some lengthy stretch of time in which it was the dominant model despite being known to be incomplete.
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.
Scottish Natural Heritage has been reviewing the state of the lengthy stretch of mobile dunes partly covered by the course for several years and had promised to publish its findings late last year.
