Sentence examples similar to representatives a stretch from inspiring English sources

NEVADA, Mo. — A year ago, dozens of protesters gathered outside the district office of Representative Ike Skelton, a Democrat who has represented a wide stretch of western Missouri since 1976.

It's a stretch, by any means, to call the current House an example of representative democracy.

It is even a stretch to argue that quantitative easing has bailed out financially struggling states, as Representative Joe Walsh of Illinois contended at a hearing last week.

Democrats are trying to break a stretch of the White House party losing or winning fewer than 10 seats in the House of Representatives – a stretch that dates back to the civil war.

Have a stretch.

This was a stretch.

That seems a stretch.

A stretch? Maybe.

That is a stretch.

Thirty at a stretch.

Is that a stretch?