Sentence examples for protracting from inspiring English sources
The word "protracting" is correct and usable in written English
It is used when something is taking longer than expected or wished for, or is being deliberately extended in time. For example, "The meeting has been protracting for hours now and there is still no resolution in sight".
verb
Present participle of protract
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.
He is agonized by time's nasty habit of protracting itself in moments of anguish or tedium.
When you find his behavior upsetting and take him to task you are only protracting the struggle.
To insist on not just staying the course, but actually protracting cuts at this point, seems deeply misguided.
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.
Mr Asquith's pronouncement showed the baselessness of this view, used by German jingoes to protract and exasperate the war; and the German Chancellor's recent endorsement of Herr Scheidemann's repudiation of territorial ambitions on Germany's part has also served to bring the possibility of a settlement nearer.
"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.
Or maybe if Ferrara wanted to do Zoolander 3. Exasperating though this film can be, Refn shows real visual style and a willingness to protract wordless scenes into a nightmarish state beyond narrative.
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.
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.
