Lengthened

Examples

• This would have lengthened the average reign of each Pope, and enormously increased the continuity of the policy of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When I first had the happiness of looking upon you, it was one fifteen, and had stood at that figure for a lengthened period. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Gradually the blade of the scythe was made lighter, the handle was lengthened, and fingers added to collect the grain and carry it to the end of the stroke. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• What she uttered was a lengthened sighing, apparently at something in her mind which had led to her presence here. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Boots, which have at times been much worn, are a variety of shoe lengthened to protect part of the legs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Winkle seized the wicker bottle which his friend proffered, and took a lengthened pull at the exhilarating liquid. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The curly crop has lengthened into a thick coil, more becoming to the small head atop of the tall figure. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• One might have said that the shadows of avarice and distrust lengthened as his own shadow lengthened, and that the night closed around him gradually. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Harthouse's face lengthened in spite of his coolness, and his perplexity increased. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• To follow each of these spurs with intrenchments, so as to command the slopes on either side, would have lengthened their line very much. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A good deal of experience--a more lengthened observation--is wanting on the subject. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In the 18th century Smeaton devised the horizontal lengthened cylindrical boiler traversed by a flue. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• At first it was only a minute's chat, but soon his visits lengthened, and before the end of the term we were close friends. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The round lines in her face took a lengthened, straighter form, and her whole appearance was that of one who had gone through a day of great fatigue. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I dream of it sometimes, though at lengthened and uncertain intervals, to this hour. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The visit of the Miss Steeles at Barton Park was lengthened far beyond what the first invitation implied. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Mr Venus's mouth screwed itself up, as Mr Boffin's face lengthened itself, Mr Venus not having been prepared for such a rapacious demand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am not here by accident,' he added after a lengthened silence; 'nor have I heard all this to-night, for I knew it yesterday--only yesterday. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• His idea was that cotton could be spun by rollers, and he said that this thought occurred to him as he happened to watch a red-hot iron bar lengthened out by passing between two rollers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• As the evening light lengthened the heavy reflections of the trees in the river, another figure came with a soft step into the sick room. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• His face lengthened immediately; and his voice was the voice of sentiment as he answered. Jane Austen. Emma.

Typist: Marion