drag (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drag (out)
Verb
  • Dislocated joints have been repaired, tendons have been lengthened.
    Scott Craven, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
  • With shorter, warmer winters in recent years, the season when ticks bite is lengthening.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • In a LinkedIn post, Farley called for speeding up permitting processes, increasing spending on vocational training, leveraging robotics and augmented reality to help with these spaces and suggested an AmeriCorps-type program for these roles.
    Breana Noble, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025
  • Over the past year or so, those activities have increased.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • This year, teams will play 44 regular season games each, and the Finals have been extended from a five-game series to a seven-game series.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 19 July 2025
  • The left-wing conversion extended the Bulls’ lead to 33-14 at the seven-minute mark in the second.
    Andy Theobald, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • In June, the average job search stretched to 23 weeks, or nearly six months.
    Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Dozens of uprooted trees tangled with clothes and debris stretched across the rocky expanse between houses and river.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • It was created by first taking hundreds of images and stacking them together, drawing out faint color differences during processing — particularly titanium (blue) and iron (orange and brown).
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Reunion host Nick Viall drew out the suspense, announcing the two new ballroom additions.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Like human dry shampoos, the waterless cleanser prolongs wash day, but without alcohol, parabens, or sulfates.
    PEOPLE Deals Team, People.com, 10 July 2025
  • Continued rainfall or new storms could prolong or worsen flooding conditions, while subsiding water will still pose risks near riverbanks and in low-lying zones.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
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“Drag (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drag%20%28out%29. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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