It looks like the stretched-out sky was our fault. From Wordnik.com. [Moonlight Bridge « A Fly in Amber] Reference
As first-round series go in this stretched-out format. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Barkley: NBA's stretched-out series 'stupid'] Reference
For a stretched-out moment he seemed to have no weight. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Reborn]
Sam's teeth filled his countenance, a stretched-out grin. From Wordnik.com. [The Unicorn Trade]
USATODAY. com - Barkley: NBA's stretched-out series 'stupid'. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Barkley: NBA's stretched-out series 'stupid'] Reference
Which of these is the "powerful engine" in the stretched-out. From Wordnik.com. [Hogle, Introduction, Frankenstein's Dream, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles] Reference
Droopy, ill-fitting sweat pants with stretched-out waistband. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-04-01] Reference
The end part of the stretched-out cloud turned to point at him. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
The stretched-out hands of Moses signified beforehand the cross. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
Long distances were measured using stretched-out wax-covered cords. From Wordnik.com. [Book review: Thunderer by Felix Gilman] Reference
"This looks like it is going to be a very stretched-out period of malaise.". From Wordnik.com. [Fed's Move Wipes Out Stock Rally] Reference
That big, lazy yawn a moment ago, the attitude of stretched-out relaxation . From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]
"No doubt you could, but then the stretched-out time frame becomes problematic.". From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
Even consider that stretched-out, moth-eaten, Shetland sweater covered with fuzz balls. From Wordnik.com. [Old Clothes] Reference
He wiped his forehead with his T-shirt, pulling the stretched-out bottom up to his head. From Wordnik.com. [Chickenhawk]
Do you think this will necessitate some stretched-out process of negotiations and/or withdrawal?. From Wordnik.com. [Background Briefing On Israel And Syria Meetings] Reference
The land was almost flat, with the stretched-out hills no more than a few yards higher than the river bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Spellsong War]
Whether, as the pure light crept up the stretched-out figure, it brought with it calm and peace, who shall say?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861] Reference
Beneath the idle ceiling fan, children chased each other, hopping over the stretched-out legs of dozing fathers. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
Peter Wilmot, he had long black hair, and he wore these stretched-out cable-knit sweaters the color of blue dirt. From Wordnik.com. [Diary]
Chet's master sensed something wrong, for with a cry of his pet's name he hurried toward the stretched-out animal. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story] Reference
A decade ago, extended backlogs on capital equipment meant a more stretched-out process of production adjustments. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Alan Greenspan Addresses Congress on the State of the Economy - February 13, 2001] Reference
Cadfael steadied the stretched-out legs, and leaned to peer closely at the wound high on the left side of the back. From Wordnik.com. [A Morbid Taste For Bones]
The clowns so surrounded him that not a glimpse did the audience have of the stretched-out, silent, green-clad figure. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
People at work are used to seeing my in a sweatshirt and the same pair of meticulously stretched-out Abercrombie jeans. From Wordnik.com. [bethany9 Diary Entry] Reference
The word last week, from administration sources, was that Clinton was leaning toward the cheaper, stretched-out version. From Wordnik.com. [Down To Brass Tacks] Reference
Some of the words are short and grunty, but others are very stretched-out and angular and sensual-like Modigliani nudes. From Wordnik.com. [Another Roadside Attraction]
His fingers were black with newsprint; he thumbed through the paper in his white, stretched-out tank top, his rolled-up socks. From Wordnik.com. ['What Happened to Anna K.'] Reference
To walk in a single day from end to end of this stretched-out township would take more endurance than most of us could muster. From Wordnik.com. ['Year Million: Science at the Far Edge of Knowledge'] Reference
And again he says, "The stretched-out hands denote the kindness of the parent, who desires to receive his children to his breast.". From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
He caught a glimpse of blond hair and one stretched-out leg -- long and slim -- then the driver rounded the truck and came toward him. From Wordnik.com. [The Man From High Mountain]
"Amigo," (a friend) said the stretched-out form, as three guns were raised in unison with the anxious muzzles pointing directly at him. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War] Reference
Elmer was really the last to drop off, and he smiled as he raised his head to glance around at the stretched-out figures of his six chums. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails] Reference
Jefri couldn't tell if it was because of their stretched-out experience or if they were temporarily split from the other half of the pack. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
But by the mid-1970s, a more individualistic strand of feminism became dominant and "women's lib" was thrown away like a stretched-out bra. From Wordnik.com. [Leora Tanenbaum: Goodbye, F-Word; Hello, 'Women's Lib'] Reference
She was too tall for Arcie's tastes and stretched-out thin looking, but she did have a few qualities he recalled were attractive to others. From Wordnik.com. [Villains by Necessity]
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