Sentence examples similar to measurably prolonged from inspiring English sources

The ovations were prolonged.

It was prolonged.

Shackling for prolonged periods.

Or perhaps prolonged it.

A noisy prolonged bore?

A prolonged silence ensues.

Bulgaria cannot afford prolonged wrangling.

Also, velvetleaf has prolonged emergence.

"He just prolonged the agony.

But life could be prolonged.

Why so prolonged an effort?