- present participle of protract.
protracting
Example Sentences
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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
It is very possible that the treatment He had received at Pilate’s hand had convinced Him that Pilate would eventually yield to the Jews; and what need, then, of protracting the process?
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods
I am persuaded that the necessity of a fine day for swarming is one reason that has induced nature to admit of bees protracting the captivity of their young queens in the royal cells.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by François Huber
Can you not see how they are protracting the war, when you consider that one man of the people, our own Minucius, when he commanded the four legions, was sufficient for the enemy?
From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne
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
