stretch out
Example Sentences
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As a writer he’s more inclined to stretch out than double-down.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Shekinah Samayah-Thomas says she has been trying to stretch out her remaining supply of Wegovy since January, when California's medicaid programme stopped covering it for weight loss.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Only after readers have become invested in the characters—pot committed, so to speak—does Tolstoy stretch out the scenes and slow the action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Jellyfish galaxies get their name from the long, flowing streams of gas that stretch out behind them, resembling tentacles.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Without discussing it they had agreed to take the long route, along the winding back roads, in order to stretch out these last few minutes together.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
