stretched

Example Sentences

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With regards to current warning flags, they said valuations across several segments of the market are looking stretched, and investor sentiment is increasingly optimistic.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Along with capital raises, there have been other signs that space stocks are stretched.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The Ulster Farmers' Union President, John McClenaghan, said crime was putting already stretched farms "under further strain".

From BBC • May 30, 2026

As the smooth highway north of Seville stretched into the vastness of pastoral Extremadura, the chances of finding a lynx, which remains rarer than the snow leopard or the Bengal tiger, felt impossibly small.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

But even kalte kost would be a small price to pay, I thought as I stretched my aching body on the foul straw, for the precious books I clutched between my hands.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom