Sentence examples for being protracted from inspiring English sources
If next month's decision goes, as anticipated by many, against the banks, there's little to stop the dispute being protracted further, warns David Black at financial analyst Defaqto.
The reason civil wars end up being protracted, Walter found, is that unlike wars between nations, opponents in a civil war usually have to lay down arms before peace is reached.
The film did not escape criticism, with reviews pointing to its two and a half-hour running time, and the final third of the film being "protracted", and not matching the first two thirds in its momentum as the underlying flaws in the film.
The success rate for VBAC was 49.4% with the commonest (31.8%) reason for failure being protracted active phase of labour.
The 72 deletants identified as being protracted in fermentation in a high sugar medium (CDGJM_200) were screened as part of the original 336 in a micro-fermentation of low sugar medium (CDGJM_20) containing 20 g L−1 (Additional files 1 and 2).
The result was protracted economic weakness.
But legal processes can be protracted.
They have been protracted and hugely complex.
The negotiation need not be protracted.
The debate was protracted, "contentious and controversial".
