Sentence examples for were protracted from inspiring English sources
adjective
Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
- A protracted and bitter dispute
Negotiations for the formation of a ruling coalition were protracted.
Negotiations were protracted and adversarial as every unit sought to maximize its own success.
The controversies that arose from it were protracted, intense, and often ugly.
There were protracted and unsuccessful efforts by Congress and a special prosecutor, Lawrence E. Walsh, to link President Reagan to the scandal.
The negotiations over Wahlberg's contract were protracted — so much so that his agent, Ari Emanuel, sent Fogelson two tortoises, and Fogelson sent back a vat of molasses.
The hearings themselves were protracted, extending over a three‐month period, June 30, to Oct. 20, 1969, during which time 2,100 pages of testimony, excluding interrogations, were taken.
The result was protracted economic weakness.
But legal processes can be protracted.
They have been protracted and hugely complex.
The negotiation need not be protracted.
