Sentence examples for prolong the day from inspiring English sources

Once they were able to prolong the day's activities with electric lighting, families stayed up later.

But it also might prolong the day of reckoning, shifting a housing recovery to 2013 or 2014.

It occurred to her that she could flag down a policeman, but she was exhausted, and saw little point in prolonging the day.

It illuminates and prolongs the day at the expense of the night; it allowed man to penetrate into caverns.

"One reason I retired from Test cricket," said Collingwood, "was to prolong the one-day side of things and I still feel I have major contributions to make.

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So all they are really doing is prolonging the evil day".

The intraperitoneal injection or oral administration of LACE extract in nude mice inhibits in vivo tumor growth of Ando-2 melanoma cells and prolongs the survival day of the mice.

President Obama tried to prolong the bipartisan high on Thursday by calling on both parties to reach a more permanent agreement on the federal budget and other vexing issues like immigration reform by Christmas, but early indications from key Republicans suggest that making progress on those things will not be easy.

At least he didn't have to wait another day to prolong the agony.

The technique may one day help prolong the lives of patients awaiting a donor organ, or even do away with the need for a transplant.