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lengthened

leng thuhnd

  • v  make longer
  • v  become long or longer
  • s  drawn out or made longer spatially
    lengthened skirts are fashionable this year

  • Instead, each of the four days of instruction will be lengthened an hour, and recesses and other breaks will be shortened.
  • Just last year, Spitzer had signed a law that lengthened jail time for johns from three months to as much as a year.
  • But, continues Wulsin, "once lengthened by tension, these fibrous connections (Cooper's suspensory ligaments) do not resume youthful dimensions, and despite hopeful legend, no .
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  • Jose Maria Olazabal in Forbes
    Since they lengthened the golf course, the golf course plays to their advantage,Olazabal said. "The longer the golf course, the better it is for the longer hitters."
  • Terry Francona in ESPN
    We didn't really want to bring him over here,Francona said. "But there's no way to get around it. These starts are important for guys. Until they're lengthened out, it's a long trip for short duty, but what are you going to do?"
  • Tiger Wood in The Age
    You not only have to hit the ball well but you also have to putt well. You have to do all aspects of the game,Woods said. "Ever since they've lengthened it, narrowed it down and changed a lot of your angles, they've turned it into more of...

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