Sentence examples for extended for about from inspiring English sources

"It extended for about two months afterwards.

By yesterday, the spill extended for about 55 miles, according to a United States Coast Guard spokesman.

A formal report on the test is to be issued in late spring, Ms. Fallon said, adding that if it works, the wall will be extended for about 100 feet to intercept the leading edge of the entire plume.

Finally, there was the existence of the large Soviet bulge, or salient, around Kursk, between Orël and Belgorod, which extended for about 150 miles from north to south and protruded 100 miles into the German lines.

The city remained a centre of religious, educational, and artistic activities as attested by the celebrated Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang, who visited it in about 635 ce and said that the city extended for about 3 miles (5 km) along the western bank of the Ganges.

In contrast, the window of opportunity for mowing, on average, extended for about 35 days.

The Western Carpathians extend for about 220 miles (350 km) between the Danube and Someș rivers.

Roughly 60 miles (100 km) wide, they extend for about 100 miles (160 km), from the Copper River to the St. Elias Mountains near the border with Yukon, Canada.

The rift valley extends for about 4,000 miles, its course being clearly marked by many of the lakes of East Africa as well as by the adjacent volcanic peaks.

The mountains extend for about 190 miles (305 km) and parallel the Rocky Mountain Trench, which separates them from the Canadian Rockies.

A section of the Transantarctic Mountains, the Prince Albert Mountains extend for about 230 miles (370 km) along the Scott Coast of Victoria Land, west of the Ross Sea.