Sentence examples for be stretched from inspiring English sources

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becomes stretched

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views stretched

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kept stretched

"be stretched" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express the idea of something being pulled or pulled apart. For example, "The rubber band was stretched to its limit."

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be stretched

verb

To lengthen by pulling.

I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.

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"Yes, it will be stretched out.

The New York Times - Science

And then luminous efficacy would be stretched.

The New Yorker

Boundaries can be stretched only so far.

The New York Times - Books

It cannot be stretched to cover Italy and Spain".

The New York Times

The Carolina defense will be stretched.

The New York Times - Sports

The cops will be stretched thin.

The Guardian

"Form can be flexible; time can be stretched," he said.

The New York Times

The themes, though, can be stretched to distraction.

The New York Times - Arts

How far, he asked, could Quarles be stretched?

The New York Times

"Resources are and will be stretched to deal with this".

The New York Times

In matters like this the truth could be stretched.

The New York Times

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supported stretched

seemed stretched

looked stretched

became stretched

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