Sentence examples for likely dragged on from inspiring English sources

(but most likely dragged on past noon with gossip).

Neither proposal is expected to get the 60 votes needed to advance, meaning the shutdown will likely drag on for at least another week.

Then later he said he would not do so, meaning that the country's most recent war, which has lasted three years, will likely drag on.

"We continue to believe that government's efforts over the next few years to engineer the planned correction in the UK's fiscal accounts will likely drag on economic growth".

But even if those cautious feelers engender an agreement to talk, actual negotiations would be extremely complex and would likely drag on for years.

American soft power, for example, which has long been a delicate commodity, will be substantially reduced by these events, particularly if, as is likely, they drag on in one form or another for a while longer.

Like most such investigations, the inquiry is likely to drag on because the government depends on companies to undertake an internal investigation to identify potential violations and then turn over the results.

But no evidence linked Condit to the crime, and the longer the case dragged on, the less likely it seemed that it would ever be solved.

Any court case is likely to drag on for years.

The suit is likely to drag on for years, prolonging Microsoft's already protracted legal problems.

If the case looks likely to drag on for years, the two sides could settle.