Sentence examples similar to prolonged digging from inspiring English sources

In To Forgive Design he surveys some of the most infamous failures of our time, from the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse and the toppling of a massive Shanghai apartment building in 2009 to Boston's prolonged Big Dig and the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

Urged to remove the sign after acquiring Barney's, Held dug in his heels, despite prolonged picketing and other protests.

Farmers and municipalities have responded by digging deeper wells, but such measures seem to be prolonging the inevitable.

This allowed the retreating Germans to dig in and prolong the war.

The ovations were prolonged.

It was prolonged.

Keep digging.

Shackling for prolonged periods.

Stop digging.

Or perhaps prolonged it.

A noisy prolonged bore?