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They ruled that the medical support “serves only to protract his death, whilst being unable to prolong his life,” according to court documents.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2022

He said continuing treatment would only protract his death.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

Last week, Mr Justice Hayden ruled that continued treatment was "futile" and that it "serves only to protract his death, whilst being unable to prolong his life".

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022

Associated Newspapers "have a right to this trial, and I think that that is just going to protract the pain for Meghan Markle," Stephens said.

From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2021

I brushed the lever lightly, listening as the hydraulic cylinders hissed softly to protract.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The episodic nature of the work protracts the ending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

“If the conflict protracts, the Ukrainians have more leverage to be able to negotiate,” Watling said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022

What distinguishes this pandemic as a traumatic experience, she said, is that no one knows when it will end, which protracts anxiety.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2020

Matthew Warchus's revival protracts the overall experience to three hours... at least a small part of this excess is attributable to the meal Spall makes of his lines.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2016

To stand upon one’s guard against Death exasperates her malice and protracts our sufferings.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor

The data in my hands suggested Moscow was gearing up for a protracted fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Meanwhile, the U.S. trade conflict with Canada risks making the impact of tariffs on inflation more protracted, and the AI build-out is, if anything, accelerating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

With the market closed until January, the club are now in the process of finalising an agreement with manager Mikel Arteta over his protracted new contract.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

“With inflation above target for a protracted period, there is a risk of broader price pressures taking hold,” Fed governor Michael Barr said last week.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

It was broken only by the sound of Franny blowing her nose—an abandoned, protracted, “congested” blow, suggestive of a patient with a four-day-old head cold.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

It’s good that the bar at Itsumono is a fine hangout, because as the place fills up you will hang out, with waits between drinks protracting even with two barkeeps at work.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Protrac′tion, act of protracting or prolonging: the delaying of the termination of a thing: the plotting or laying down of the dimensions of anything on paper.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

“I am already half drowned, and it is only protracting my sufferings.”

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

Alas! this commendable design was but the protracting of a course of study already too severe for his tender and delicate constitution.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

Still he sat smoking and protracting his coffee, and haughtily playing that he was not starving for companionship.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes