Sentence examples for lengthen by from inspiring English sources

Some of New York's representatives in Congress are seeking to lengthen by at least a decade a post-Sept.

Shockey was growing so fast, he felt, that his knees hurt and his legs seemed to lengthen by the day.

Meanwhile, the durations of the notes lengthen by degrees, from quarter notes to dotted quarters and then to half notes.

And it could lengthen by 8 days, to 28, the period health officials use to declare an area free of SARS.

Those first notes lengthen by degrees a quarter note, a dotted quarter, then a half note and any sense of a steady beat disappears.

The new law will also lengthen by 4 days to 11 the amount of time allowed to certify general election results.

The school day was lengthened by two hours.

But the list of EU applicants lengthens by the week.

The course has been lengthened by 400 yards since 2004, to 7,445 yards last year.

A wheelbase lengthened by 3.7 inches helps the WRX ride more smoothly.

Seven holes were changed, and it was lengthened by 127 yards, to 7,216, without changing par.