Sentence examples for protracted stoppage from inspiring English sources

For a few, the protracted stoppage has proved a boom for business: Donald Trump.

He has 10 more games in Newark to build a following this season, and presumably 41 more next season, barring a protracted labor stoppage.

(On Monday afternoon, many players tweeted their support for dissolving the union and sounded prepared to endure a protracted work stoppage).

Government has prepared for hurricanes, anthrax, terrorism, and every other disaster, but not the one threatened daily -- a protracted oil stoppage, whether caused by terrorism or Iranian intervention in the Persian Gulf.

Does that point to a brief stoppage rather than a protracted one?

A protracted silence.

They are also protracted.

Conflicts are becoming more protracted.

Another protracted silence.

What is protracted war?

Each issue has generated protracted debate.