Sentence examples for he prolonged from inspiring English sources

Ali taunted his opponent as he prolonged the fight so he could cruelly pick apart Patterson.

By failing to do so, he prolonged a war thought to have claimed some 200,000 lives.

He joked that he "prolonged his adolescence a little too long" while playing as many seasons as he did.

At a ceremony to inaugurate the passenger terminal at the new airport, he prolonged the ribbon-cutting so that mementos could be produced.

Even allowing for the distortion caused by fighting on too long as he prolonged his career, it is clear what Durán's perfect fighting weight was.

He declared that soon "America's longest war will finally be over" while failing to mention that, as president, he prolonged it.

Meehan is good at picturing detail, but occasionally he prolongs certain scenes which, if they were shortened, would improve the picture and accelerate the action.

Which is why, on a chilly winter's night he prolongs the too-brief visit with a long talk in his car.

Then, at the end, he prolongs the drama with a colossal fourth act-cum-coda that gives us redemption and narrative closure.

Lampard is due to head to the United States in the New Year, but will he prolong his stay at City instead?

Why would he prolong that?