Sentence examples for protracted by from inspiring English sources

Still, my journey was unnecessarily protracted by my doctors' dismissal of my symptoms as those of a neurotic young woman.

The Dirty Politics allegations, which were protracted by the hacker's dripfeed of material online and which led to a senior cabinet minister, Judith Collins, resigning, had the impact of an "ambush" on both major parties, Roberts said.

All of this – after a memorable Christmas dinner which led to their being accepted by Holcomb people – was galvanised, and protracted, by the arrest at the year's end of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, who were hanged in 1965.

The design was completed quickly, but the construction of the five flying prototypes was protracted by the factory's inexperience in building metal aircraft.

U.S. officials nevertheless say the signing of the document with Afghanistan signifies the passing of a major hurdle -- one that had been protracted by diplomatic wrangling and political posturing for almost a year.

(Speech in the House of Commons 18 June 1940....but if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for (italics mine) will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science).

The telephone companies have been waging an expensive and protracted town-by-town war with their cable rivals, to offer video services.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06990.002 Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which pancreatic β cells are targeted by a protracted attack by the immune system.

The inventive use of music common to many US podcasts is reduced to an excruciatingly protracted performance by a brass quartet.

"I look forward to the long and protracted campaign by the FAI to have the match replayed or to give the Armenians a wildcard place at Euro 2012".

One of the leading figures on the leave side, Prof Patrick Minford, has said Britain could avoid protracted negotiations by adopting a free trade approach, under which the UK would impose no barriers on goods and services entering the country.