Sentence examples for stretched against from inspiring English sources

Vena Taylor stretched against a tree as she prepared to run a loop of the park, and maybe walk some, she acknowledged.

The paper-thin flesh stretched against all those bones, health professionals and Webmasters say, is meant to inspire viewers to stick to starvation.

The current Juventus squad would certainly be too slim, too stretched, against the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid or the two European finalists this year, Bayern Munich and Chelsea.

First up on the main show court, Elena Dementieva was never stretched against the South African qualifier Chanelle Scheepers, winning 6-1, 6-3 in 74 minutes in what was little more than a muscle-loosening exercise.

The Canaleta seemed like a giant spider web of ice, stretched against rock buttresses and the abyss, on which I could move vertically and laterally on Zen-like threads to heaven.

While the class does push-ups, she stretches against a wall.

But Fish, who has compiled a 13-1 recorduringng this hardcourt stretch against players outside the top five, is as safe a bet as anyone in tennis right now.

With high-rise projects stretching against the horizon, sea gulls pecking at drifting refuse and more cigarette butts than seashells in the sand, Brooklyn's beaches are not exactly known for their resortlike experience.

Slowly stretching against the pull of the muscle (for cramps).

I stretched out against the sky (as you may have done).

During "Sleep to Dream" she stretched up against the piano like a cat, yawning with her frame.