not protracted
Example Sentences
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Why was it not protracted: for it was not?
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
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
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
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
