- 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
Constantine XIII. and his second in command, the Genoese Giustiniani, did all that brave and skilful men might, in protracting the siege.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
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
Something cognate to this in the comparison of the power and the greatness of a motive will explain the persistent fatuity of the Boer in protracting his contest with Great Britain.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Robert Hamill Nassau
I suggest that we gain nothing by protracting this scene in the face of a crowded assembly.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
