Sentence examples for stretching from inspiring English sources

The phrase "stretching" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in various contexts, such as discussing physical exercises, extending time, or metaphorically expanding ideas or concepts. Example: "After a long run, I always make sure to do some stretching to prevent injuries."

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stretching

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Present participle of stretch

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Stretching towards Peru and Bolivia, it lays claim to being the driest desert in the world, with only 0.01mm of rain falling in an average year.

Each morning for an hour we power through a series of demanding postures – downwards dogs and warriors – switching on tired muscles and stretching out the lower back and spine, which feels good after long hours paddling.

Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.25pm BST22 25 67 min: Germany's Shkodran Mustafi goes down hurt after stretching to clear a high ball.

It will be piloted in north-east England from June, with the network of inquiry centres – stretching from Penzance in the south-west to Wick in the Highlands – due to be axed next year.

For now, here is Mordor, stretching out before me, vast and soulless like a dead planet.

A sea of men – practically only men – stretching to the horizon.

Like Mercury, Lambert paid his dues with opera training, theatre, singing in clubs and performing dance and rock, which has given him the dexterity to tackle a catalogue stretching from thumping grooves (Radio Gaga, Another One Bites the Dust) to blistering hard rock (Seven Seas of Rhye, Tie Your Mother Down).

The Fylde, the flat, rich pasture land and villages stretching from Preston and the M6 to the Blackpool coast, is set to host the UK's first full-scale fracking exploration, if Lancashire county council gives planning permission at the end of January.

Steffen said the trends of a hotter and drier climate meant bushfire season in southern WA was stretching into spring and autumn, narrowing the window for fire management authorities to safely conduct prescribed burns.

This great St Petersburg company is stretching itself across a hectic work schedule, both in its two home theatres and on foreign tours, yet its quality can still be unparalleled.

The bald summit gives views stretching from the very English Cotswolds to the very Welsh Black Mountains, endless quiet miles of pastoral patchwork between them.

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