Sentence examples for drag on long from inspiring English sources

Critics say past presidents misused the program by allowing it to drag on long after the emergencies passed.

Sometimes I felt I should just be grateful to have Molly, but I knew that the book should not drag on long into Molly's life.

On the flooded Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands of people are facing a housing crisis that will drag on long after the floodwater recedes.

She wasn't about to drag on long pants to pander to a bunch of uptight foreigners she'd never see again; career expats like Regent were forever showing off how they're hip to local customs and you're not).

With few defence lawyers available, and many opportunities to delay the trial, there is every possibility that the process will drag on long after Mr Bush leaves the White House.Does that matter?

Publicly coined in the 1990s, Fergie Time refers to that period added to a game by the referee that, should Manchester United be in need of a goal, always seems to drag on long enough for the Red Devils to score and turn the result on its head.

Anthony Tommasini last week alluded in these pages to the psychological length of certain operas: short ones dragging on, long ones whizzing by.

The huge amount of debt hampers and drags on long-term economic growth that will bring a reduction in unemployment and an increase in per capita income.

"Some traders seem to feel that this has dragged on long enough, making any sort of deal unlikely," said David Jones, chief market strategist at IG Index.

He has become increasingly testy in recent days as negotiations have dragged on long past the June 30 constitutional deadline for enactment of a spending plan.

But the talks have dragged on long enough for all the parties to get bad-tempered.To recap, after the June 10th election, Yves Leterme, a Flemish Christian Democrat, seemed assured of becoming prime minister after his party won the most seats.