Sentence examples for term is stretched from inspiring English sources

Sometimes the term is stretched.

As the average age of a buyer rises and the mortgage term is stretched, it means many will still be paying off the debt into retirement, said Halifax.

Rock, the former champion, is the largest only if the term is stretched to include artists with few fans in common, like Marilyn Manson and Phil Collins or Ugly Kid Joe and Bonnie Raitt.

That would be Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia, who proposed on Wednesday that the Russian presidential term be stretched to six years from four.

"For anyone who is not very young to go beyond two terms is stretching it," he told the newspaper.

If not, the term of the mortgage is stretched out to as long as 40 years.

The longer the term, the longer the period of time that the interest is stretched out over.

Morton Lapides is stretched thin.

During the enthusiasm of the bubble years, the term "technology" was stretched to include any dotcom, even if it aimed to sell pet-food or to deliver groceries in a white van.

Disco, of course, is a broad term that can be stretched to include the orchestrated R&B that emerged out of Philadelphia in the early 70s and the more machine-driven electrofunk of the early 80s.

It can be a large bowl of Doritos and a jug of mojitos; which is stretching the term dinner party to its limits, I agree.