In Spring, the days lengthen. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
lengthen this skirt, please. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The word Lent, however, comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lengthen, which means: Spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Origins of Easter | myFiveBest] Reference
Of course, his twenty minutes would lengthen into hours. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
Shines forth to warm the earth and lengthen out the days. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca] Reference
There's a sorrow in those shadows as they lengthen on the lawn. From Wordnik.com. [The Minstrel A Collection of Poems] Reference
His merry face seemed to lengthen in feature, to harden in line. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The shadows began to lengthen; and there was still no sight of a river. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
I would fain dwell upon this happy meeting and lengthen it to the utmost. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
As the population ages and life spans lengthen, the number will multiply. From Wordnik.com. [Fading Of The Light] Reference
Their personal experience with obstacles leads them to lengthen the odds. From Wordnik.com. [Is America Ready?] Reference
Scan in your photo and redo your do, line your lips or lengthen your lashes. From Wordnik.com. [Endless Love] Reference
As economic expansions lengthen, people become more complacent and careless. From Wordnik.com. [The Catch-22 Of Economics] Reference
An ongoing technological revolution will lengthen that lead over the next few decades. From Wordnik.com. [The New Twilight Struggle] Reference
The United States should attempt to lengthen its era of supremacy for as long as it can. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrogant Empire] Reference
Soon, when the sun shall have risen, these rays will lengthen and become beautifully golden. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It has contributed millions of dollars to support Three Strikes and other laws that lengthen sentences. From Wordnik.com. [Folsom Embodies California's Prison Blues] Reference
To protect against deflation, investors should maintain the focus on high quality, but lengthen maturities. From Wordnik.com. [Defending Yourself Against Deflation] Reference
After a woman is diagnosed, exercise can dramatically lengthen survival and lower the odds of another tumor. From Wordnik.com. [Health for Life M.D.: Breast Cancer] Reference
The legislators also agreed to lengthen the terms of California's nine water commissioners appointed by Gov. From Wordnik.com. [California Puts Off Huge Water-Upgrade Effort] Reference
Neil, Dad and I are playing cricket as the evening shadows lengthen across a nameless beach 40-odd years ago. From Wordnik.com. [The power of the holiday photo] Reference
And both camps would use a portion of the budget surplus to lengthen the life of the Social Security trust fund. From Wordnik.com. [The Virtues Of Simplicity] Reference
This tends slightly to flatten the corner and lens of the eye, and thus to lengthen or extend the angle of vision. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The Baja's main feature is a pickup-truck-type bed with an extender, which lets you easily lengthen the truck bed. From Wordnik.com. [California Dreamin'] Reference
I watched the shadow of the A&P lengthen as I waited for the early afternoon rush of small children and their dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Tutti-Futti, a Modern Madeleine] Reference
That security makes covered bonds cheaper for issuers, while allowing them to lengthen their debt-maturity profiles. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Banks to Test Covered Bonds in Australia] Reference
He managed to lengthen the distance between his visits to the young pair, and to put another interest into his life. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 11: 3 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
In learning them lengthen them out, and be careful not to alter the position of the mouth, however long they are drawn out. From Wordnik.com. [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference
When waiting for a victim they lengthen and sway their threadlike bodies to and fro, ready to launch out at the first opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out the skins of thy tabernacles, spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 27: Isaias The Challoner Revision] Reference
Such plans, most often found on gold and platinum cards, typically lengthen the original manufacturer's warranty by as much as one year. From Wordnik.com. [Why you don't need an extended warranty] Reference
But it can drill laterally, sight unseen, for nearly a mile – a reach that could lengthen as drilling technology improves, Zavadil said. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Barret Corp. Gets OK To Drill UNDERNEATH Protected Land] Reference
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