Example Sentences

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Perhaps most memorable of all was the time when he got protractedly and perplexingly upset about a high street bakery introducing a vegan sausage roll.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2021

A generation later, the killing of George Floyd in May 2020 would spur protests that spurred corporate reckoning that spurred the Washington NFL team to scrap “Redskins” suddenly after refusing protractedly.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020

With three more fractions to cheer and a final time to cheer protractedly, Kramer would become the first men’s Olympic speedskater to win an individual event three straight times.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2018

While still at entry level to this thinking, she went to a park in Reading, England, and stared protractedly at a tree, hoping to understand it more deeply.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2016

Just as cross as ever you like, so long as you don't keep it up too protractedly.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas