Sentence examples for extended in an from inspiring English sources

The fingers are separately flexed and extended in an entirely irregular way.

I have put up with this phenomenon on occasion, but never for very long; there is a limit to the length of time one can watch a film with one eye closed and one's thumb extended in an attempt to blot out the little man in the corner.

It is regarded as one of Latin America's more-developed urban centres because of its dynamic business districts, high-rise apartments and office buildings, and bustling superhighways, which have been extended in an attempt to keep pace with Venezuelans' growing dependence on privately owned automobiles.

The primary statute, Article 27 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949), already included language protecting women "against any attack on their honour, in particular against rape, enforced prostitution, or any form of indecent assault"; this protection was extended in an additional protocol adopted in 1977.

Welsh literature has extended in an unbroken tradition from about the middle of the 6th century to the present day, but, except for two or three short pieces, all pre-Norman poetry has survived only in 12th- to 15th-century manuscripts.

The boundaries are extended in an incremental manner.

The mouth was extended in a grotesque gash; a hysterectomy had been performed.

The jetty extended in a long straight spur before bending inward.

But his tongue is extended in a lascivious manner and his thoughts are purely carnal.

Vučić was attacked because he came "with his hand extended in a sign of reconciliation," he said.

Guillermo Coria morphed into a stationary figure in black shorts and white cap, arms extended in a ballet-style forehand.