Sentence examples for was prolonging from inspiring English sources

It looked as though he was prolonging the earlier match.

What was being negotiated last month was prolonging an existing bailout arrangement by several months.

Pragmatists within the government had realised that Islamism was prolonging the civil war.

But the sense of adventure wasn't the only part of nineteenth century landscape painting that Adams was prolonging.

You see, all that those brave young men in their Spitfires had really accomplished was "prolonging" Britain's inevitable defeat.

Greg Connellan, vice-president of Liberty Victoria, denied government claims that the group's court action was prolonging the predominantly Afghan migrants' period in limbo on the Indian ocean.

It was prolonged.

There was prolonged applause from the students.

It was prolonged, crescendoing agony for them".

Today, in Bethlehem, it was prolonged.

"Errrrrr …" Jackson's own hesitation was prolonged and curiously musical.