Sentence examples for protract the from inspiring English sources

"We didn't want to protract the sense of instability and insecurity.

Schiff mocked the pianists who protract the long third movement to show that "we are very deep and profound. . . .

Recently the chancellor made clear that he was willing to risk investment in the new green economy to protract the life old way of doing things.

Some Palestinian experts say Mr. Arafat thinks it less risky to protract the conflict than to seal a deal that would be perceived as selling out not just Palestinian, but also Arab and Muslim rights.

Leo is trapped underground in an ancient Indian cave dwelling, and Chuck manipulates Lorraine and a local sheriff into helping him protract the rescue so he can transform the incident into a national news story that will attract sightseers and catapult him back into the big time.

"Such a pittance of troops as Great Britain and Ireland can supply will only serve to protract the war, to incur fruitless expense and insure disappointment," Burgoyne added in a letter in the collection that will be auctioned beginning next month by Sotheby's in New York.

When you find his behavior upsetting and take him to task you are only protracting the struggle.

Yet it is a mistake to succumb: whilst undoubtedly cathartic, biting back only lends legitimacy to the extremist narrative, thereby fueling and protracting the problem.

There isn't much point, as far as I can tell from the reviews I've read and promotions I've seen, to protracting the search for the real Clinton.

We have to rely on the experience of those negotiating to return Elian Gonzalez to his father in judging that there was greater risk in protracting the charade than in taking action.

And the Republicans, members of the same party accusing Democrats of protracting the presidential recount, want to count the disputed absentee ballots in the Goodman-Krueger race using a method complex enough to stymie even those adept at the infamous butterfly.