protracting

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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

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 Huber, François

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

Expedients were accordingly found, without actually encouraging his hopes, for protracting the negotiation till a peace was concluded with France and with Scotland, and finally of declining the marriage without a breach of amity.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

A cold, cloudy, raw, and disagreeable spell happening at this period, though by no means common, will retard the operation considerably, protracting the period of helplessness.

From Rambles of a Naturalist by Godman, John D.