Sentence examples for been stretched on from inspiring English sources

I feel I've been stretched on the rack.

Filet lace, (from French filet, "network"), knotted netting, either square or diamond mesh, that has been stretched on a frame and embroidered, usually with cloth or darning stitch.

It was a kind of human animal farm with freakish contrasts - basketball players 7ft tall looking as if they had been stretched on a rack; female gymnasts so tiny, so fragile they might have been plucked from the top of a musical box.

And another insight we gleaned: The VIX has been stretched (on a closing basis) 50% or more above its 50-day MA only 21 times since 1995.

The spectrograph was able to pick apart the weak infrared light and establish the degree to which it had been stretched on its long journey through space and time by the expansion of the Universe.

Yet it is stretching on, through different regimes, coaches and disappointments, at odds with tradition as well as optimism.

The darkness seems to be stretching on forever.

Two tight layers of the plastic wrap was stretched on one side of the hub, secured with a rubber band, excess wrap trimmed, and the drum was ready to use.

People with knowledge of the deal say that the negotiations have been stretching on for months.

We are stretched on our surveillance capabilities.

So we are stretched on a moral rack.