Sentence examples for or prolong from inspiring English sources

In medicine, there are cases where early diagnosis can save or prolong life.

Rather, in countries ravaged by both humanitarian catastrophe and civil war, international aid may inflame or prolong the conflict.

A: So many of the things that are done to preserve or prolong life can, in many cases, be beneficial.

Let us not proclaim or prolong the harm to the country by hanging this issue out in this body.

But the ruder lot nowadays demand more than gilt and ermine to relieve their boredom or prolong their attention.

Other experts say the companies exploit vulnerable people and encourage or prolong litigation in violation of centuries-old but eroding judicial prohibitions against investing in others' lawsuits.

Yet it may be the relatively low-priced video-game consoles that tip the balance toward one format -- or prolong the stalemate for several more years.

Older people are used to hearing warnings of war, so often used by past military rulers to justify or prolong their grip on power.

The second considers issues of individual and market behavior under risk and uncertainty and how those can cause or prolong unnecessary human suffering.

Worse, in medicine, it can delay the development of life-saving treatments or prolong the use of therapies that are ineffective or dangerous.

Expecting prices to be lower in the future than they are at present means consumers defer purchases and thereby cause or prolong recessions.