Sentence examples for lengthened on from inspiring English sources

We had made an appointment to see him one recent, sweltering afternoon, as the shadows lengthened on Majengo's dusty backstreets.

As telegraph lines lengthened on both sides of the Atlantic, his wealth and fame increased.

A Fairfax Media analysis of the government's recent Road Report showed that average commuting times have lengthened on a staggering 124 routes.

Originally unveiled in 1873 to mark numerous Prussian victories, the Victory Column was lengthened, on Hitler's insistence, by the insertion of an additional drum into the pillar.

Mr. Eldredge's partner at the gate, Derek John, said the delays, typically 30 to 60 minutes, had lengthened on Monday afternoon as the slowdown compounded across the country.

Father Meade remained in his garden until the shadows that had lengthened on his grass and his flower beds were no longer there.

Altmann suspected that the MA law was " somehow connected with the principle of least effort or with some not yet known principle of balance recompensating lengthening on one hand with shortening on the other" [ 4].

When Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard snatch a hasty kiss, in an underground passage between the station platforms, they could be criminals on the lam, and the shadow that looms and lengthens on the far wall, though nothing worse than other passengers descending, feels as fateful as the onset of a monster.

Maybe Peter Vermes will take him - he's had a habit of turning round misfit toys in his time, though he might be wishing he wasn't quite so good at it right now, as Kei Kamara has got off to a good start on loan at Norwich, and the odds may be lengthening on him coming back in May.

The odds must also be lengthening on Woods being part of the American side that will face Europe in 2016.

To assess the effect of the amount of lengthening on the incidence of complications and need for further surgery, divided the patients into subgroups based on the amount of lengthening performed.