Sentence examples for security stretched from inspiring English sources

"The EM-PER-OR!" By the time I left the museum, the line to get past security stretched out the door, down the steps, past the fountain and into absurdity.

Mr. Ridge, meanwhile, continuing to promote the idea that responsibility for homeland security stretched far beyond the federal government, met today both with the Business Roundtable, an association of corporate chief executives, and with representatives of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

The marathon hearing in a Senate subcommittee on border security stretched more than 14 hours, and some would-be speakers -- including Carmona, who had class Tuesday morning -- had to leave.

You could see the cuts invading your neighborhood – there go five teachers, here comes the line at the local airport security, stretching into the parking lot.

"A threat to national security stretches one's credulity beyond belief," wrote Kanjana Spindler, a prominent columnist and editor at the English-language daily Bangkok Post.

What is certain, though, is that while many on both sides of the Atlantic believe Europe to be a mature exporter of security and participant in building global peace and prosperity, leaving current trends unimpeded could again bring conflict to the European continent and make it a consumer of security, stretching the capabilities of allies who are already heavily engaged elsewhere in the world.

"It's ridiculous, the level of security, it stretched about five miles.

The second gunman, Hatem Khachnaoui, had apparently managed to stay off the radar of the security forces, stretched by the apparently wide appeal of jihad to the country's youth.

The first lady proved to be the biggest media attraction, drawing such a large pack of television cameras and photographers that her security team stretched out a rope to corral them.

With 350,000 vehicles and millions of passengers entering the United States every day, imposing all the new security measures stretched out the inspection of each vehicle and added time to a border crossing.

At Dulles International Airport near Washington on the Sunday afternoon of the Independence Day weekend, lines at the security checkpoints stretched to more than a half hour, but at one checkpoint with three scanning lanes, two of them stood empty because of a lack of personnel.