Sentence examples for time dragged on from inspiring English sources
As time dragged on, McGee kept digging.
As time dragged on, we welcomed any interruption in the daily routine.
Time dragged on, in the penitentiary and in the editing bay.
Time dragged on and I was helpless to do anything, sitting helplessly by as he struggled for breath.
And so the last question time dragged on, with government members growing hoarse shouting out their achievements.
That prompted a hopeful burst of diplomacy between the United States and Iran, but as time dragged on, leads dried up and the trail went cold.
During earlier troop deployments -- including the war in 1991 that drove the Iraqi Army out of Kuwait -- many families stayed with the soldiers until the final minutes, adding a ragged emotional edge to the leave-taking because the departure times dragged on for hours past the schedule.
As time drags on, Mr Assad is likely to frustrate the process both to keep some chemical weapons and to be seen to defy America.America's credibility as an ally has been undermined.
Among them: staying motivated as time drags on and cash runs low.
Ukraine and its western allies fear that, as time drags on, a "frozen conflict" risks turning rebel-held regions into de facto states.
It is an agony that people here are beginning to get used to as time drags on and optimism and hope ebb away.
