not protracted
Example Sentences
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But since he was always willing to work at the case, and to send his "pride on a pilgrimage to Mecca," the embarrassment was not protracted, nor did the difficulty prove insuperable.
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Archibald Henry Grimké
Why was it not protracted: for it was not?
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
It spoke of moderate labors, of pleasures not protracted after sunset, of temperance and good hours.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle
Their business was not protracted, for in about three minutes he saw them emerge, with faces longer than ever, and turn their steps hurriedly and dismally towards Templeton.
From Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey
Fortunately neither the professor nor his nephews could fairly realise just what was taking place, else their brains would hardly have stood the test; and fortunately, too, that ordeal was not protracted.
From The Lost City by Jos. E. (Joseph Edward) Badger
