elongate
Example Sentences
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This elongated foot bone plays a key role in hopping among modern kangaroos.
From Science Daily
Sometimes, however, changing requirements on existing programs leads to elongated timelines.
From Barron's
Green holed out to deep square leg to give Carse his third wicket of the day, yet Australia's elongated batting order had all-rounder Beau Webster arriving at nine to provide yet more support to Smith.
From BBC
Mars' location in the solar system -- its distance from the Sun, its neighbors like Earth, the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn -- forces it into a more elongated and eccentric orbit.
From Science Daily
Time indoors looking at screens can cause eyeballs to elongate, leaving kids nearsighted for life.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
