Sentence examples for only prolonged from inspiring English sources
Any squealing only prolonged the torture.
But that would have only prolonged the uncertainty, he said.
Being a foreigner, they assumed I had money — and this only prolonged the process.
Chavez managed to get up, but that only prolonged the punishment.
Being a foreigner, they assumed I had money and this only prolonged the process.
The two rain delays -- highlighted by a dancing streaker who woke up the crowd -- only prolonged the inevitable.
On the trip he had written in his diary: "My time ran out long ago -- and is only prolonged artificially.
Both sides of the Sri Lankan civil war insisted on their victimhood, which only prolonged the fighting.
National governments changed hands rapidly in most areas, which only prolonged the weakness and ineffectiveness of the emerging political systems.
In this interpretation Roosevelt is a well-meaning but misguided dupe who not only prolonged the Depression but also exacerbated it.
She added that, in her experience, many women who took hormone replacement only prolonged the time they were susceptible to symptoms.
