Sentence examples for most protracted and from inspiring English sources

That question has recently moved to the forefront of the West's debate over how to respond to the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad of Syria — the bloodiest, most protracted and most explosive revolt of the Arab Spring.

Shallow warm-water marine invertebrates show the most protracted and greatest extinctions during this time.

America's intervention in Libya's civil war, the most protracted and least surreptitious assassination attempt in history, was supposed to last "days, not weeks," but is in its fourth month and has revealed NATO to be an increasingly fictitious military organization.

But the case of the British student Meredith Kercher, who was killed in Perugia more than six years ago, has been followed by one of the most protracted and tormenting legal processes in recent history.

At first glance, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, seems an improbable enemy for a peace that would aim at resolving one of the world's most protracted and bitter conflicts.

With his powers clearly on the wane and a more lucrative option to play out his dotage in the comparatively sedate environs of Major League Soccer up for grabs, the Liverpool captain was instead forced to make do with one of the most protracted and mawkish farewells in recent memory.

The third, and most protracted, psychological tussle begins the moment the new CEO takes over.

"They represent 44% of the world's long-term refugees, the largest in scale and most protracted in duration of any refugee situation today".

But as the bloodiest and most protracted of the "Arab Spring" uprisings, the initial determination in New York to tackle Syria has given way to frustration and pessimism.

Download the publication [PDF] Full report DR Congo [PDF] DR Congo map [JPG] Ongoing and newly emergent conflict and insecurity combined with chronic flooding, cholera and emergency-level malnutrition make the Democratic Republic of the Congo home to one of the world's worst and most protracted humanitarian emergencies.

It felt like my opportunity to contribute to overcoming one of the world's most infamous, protracted and long-running conflicts.