not protracted
Example Sentences
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Thus the pain of lingering in sight of the city, his home, was not protracted for the rhapsode.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
The hogs might, or might not be of the greatest importance to them as their residence on the island was or was not protracted, and as they found the means of feeding them.
From The Crater by Cooper, James Fenimore
Recovery usually is not protracted; in every case the men knocked out in this manner expressed a fervent desire to return at once to the ranks.
From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert
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
