Sentence examples for stretched nearly from inspiring English sources

There were few grumbles about the lines, which at times stretched nearly half a block.

The line for drinks (sangria, Sixpoint Craft Ales) stretched nearly as long as the line for the portable toilets.

I arrived early for an open-mike poetry competition, and the line outside stretched nearly a full city block.

The closing of the Fairfield Department Store in 1997, which stretched nearly an entire city block, hurt the downtown area.

The longest, found last year in the Otay Mesa district of San Diego, stretched nearly half a mile.

It stretched nearly a foot across, and as Mr. Pulido gripped the cart a little more tightly, it filled with the reflection of his startled face.

Through the front door is a great room stretching nearly the full length of the house.

The lead-up to the party, and the party itself, stretches nearly 300 epic pages.

The three-story building stretches nearly 1,000 feet (some 300 metres).

A Lincoln Town Car stretches nearly the length of the short driveway.

The reef system stretches nearly 700 miles from the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico to the Bay Islands of Honduras.