LENGTHEN in a Sentence
Learn LENGTHEN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
20 example sentences for LENGTHEN, such as:
1. To save time is to lengthen life.
2. The baronet's face perceptibly lengthened.
3. And her visit lengthened as the weeks slipped by.
4. Then it languished and lengthened, and became a waltz.
5. My walk home was lengthened by a diversion in the direction of the kirk.
2. The baronet's face perceptibly lengthened.
3. And her visit lengthened as the weeks slipped by.
4. Then it languished and lengthened, and became a waltz.
5. My walk home was lengthened by a diversion in the direction of the kirk.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of LENGTHEN
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lengthen
v. become long or longer
v. make longer
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 As Janet curtsied, hoping I was well, I observed my aunt's visage lengthen very much.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 23. I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSI...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 23. I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSI...
2 And Ahab chanced so to stand, that the Parsee occupied his shadow; while, if the Parsee's shadow was there at all it seemed only to blend with, and lengthen Ahab's.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
3 Mary was satisfied with the Parsonage as a present home, and Henry equally ready to lengthen his visit.
4 As spring came on, a new set of amusements became the fashion, and the lengthening days gave long afternoons for work and play of all sorts.
5 Then came the lamplighter, and two lengthening lines of light all down the long perspective of the street, until they were blended and lost in the distance.
6 All the artful maneuvers suggested by our generals meant fresh movements of the army and a lengthening of its marches, whereas the only reasonable aim was to shorten those marches.
7 One would have said that he was taking advantage of the authorization of the days which were lengthening, he arrived earlier and departed later.
8 And her visit lengthened as the weeks slipped by.
9 Strictly speaking, this horn is but a lengthened tusk, growing out from the jaw in a line a little depressed from the horizontal.
10 The shadows lengthened and crept out like stealthy, grotesque monsters across the grass.
11 Then it languished and lengthened, and became a waltz.
12 What she uttered was a lengthened sighing, apparently at something in her mind which had led to her presence here.
13 The baronet's face perceptibly lengthened.
14 The curly crop has lengthened into a thick coil, more becoming to the small head atop of the tall figure.
15 My walk home was lengthened by a diversion in the direction of the kirk.
Example Sentence:
1 Moderate drinking may lengthen life, but heavy drinking raises the risk of death.
2 To save time is to lengthen life.