Sentence examples for a prolonged commitment from inspiring English sources

All this is not to ignore or discount an obvious reality: The international community has made a prolonged commitment to Libya.

It would require more aircraft than are aboard a single aircraft carrier, he said, and other officials noted that with American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, a prolonged commitment to Libya, even from the air, would stretch resources thin.

It is far from clear that a fearful, terrorism-focused American public is ready for such a prolonged commitment.

MasterCard's chief executive, Robert W. Selander, said in a separate statement that the settlement eliminated "the uncertainty, time commitment, and expense of a prolonged court case" and kept the company's balance sheet intact.

A prolonged silence ensues.

He lapses into a prolonged silence.

Early signs suggest a prolonged fight.

There was a prolonged silence.

Sacha and you have a prolonged kiss in this movie.

The Federal Reserve has repeatedly prolonged its commitment to supporting the U.S. economy as the recovery proved anemic.

But their respective ambitions tend to shrink in ways that prolong their commitments, whether it is the United States settling for 15 years of war in Afghanistan or Russia conducting a year of airstrikes in Syria — likely to be followed by several years more.