not protracted
Example Sentences
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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 Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
Why was it not protracted: for it was not?
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
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 Grimké, Archibald Henry
It spoke of moderate labours, of pleasures not protracted after sun-set, of temperance, and good-hours.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
His stay at Utrecht was probably not protracted, as we find no more letters from thence.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
