Protracted in a sentence

After protracted negotiations with Cricket Australia lasting two seasons, Smith overturned perceptions of his waning worth as a Twenty20 batter with a series of startling displays for the Sydney Sixers in last season’s Big Bash League.

Akeredolu, 67, died in Germany on Wednesday after a protracted illness.

A long-term hedge is a tactic to reduce the potential downside of investments made over a protracted period.

A National Highways spokesman said: "Work to recover the lorry is expected to be protracted and the closure will remain in place for a considerable time.

A National Highways spokesman tweeted: "A complex and protracted recovery operation will be ongoing throughout the afternoon.

A protracted process led to them obtaining a completion certificate, while a visit from health and safety officers followed and owners were informed that male and female changing rooms and toilets and showers needed to be added.

A spokesperson for National Highways said: "Work to recover the lorry is expected to be protracted and the closure will remain in place for a considerable time.

As right-wing disinformation about the 2020 election spread across the country, in part from a protracted absentee ballot count in Michigan, more than 250 state and local audits Biden won in Michigan.

A watershed moment in this saga was the emergence of Uttarakhand as a hill state that was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000, after a protracted and violent protest movement.

Be warned, the movie also has an uncomfortably protracted scene threatening gang rape.

But it’s happened to hundreds of people in San Francisco and some people wind up paying the tickets rather than going through a protracted fight in court.

By casting herself into every phrase, she implies that the pain of imagining her lover in their old haunts (carousels, cafes) not only revives him; it enlivens her (hence the protracted “I” with which she begins).

Commenting on the survey findings, Suzanne Wylie, Chief Executive of NI Chamber, said: “The findings clearly demonstrate the resilience of business through a protracted period of challenges.

Disruptions can be expected when (significant) changes are made butthe Nigerian governmentand business community (especially the manufacturers and exporters), cannot afford protracted or repeatedtrade disruptions at this time.

Family sources who confirmed the passing of Gwadabe said the former minister died after a protracted illness at the Kano hospital.

Following a protracted battle with prostate cancer, Akeredolu handed power to his deputy before he left Nigeria for a medical vacation in Germany, where he eventually died on Wednesday.

Frederickson, a crack user, killed Planje in a violent and protracted incident that saw the small person covered in bruises, defensive wounds, the body later dumped in a remote location near Hope.

He called the committee “beneath contempt” and claimed its 14-month investigation delivered “what is intended to be the final knife-thrust in a protracted political assassination”.

He just doesn't have a lot to say as the character, aside from a lot of "mamma mia"—often said in protracted, slow-mo, leaping-over-something fashion.

However, not every recession has to be a protracted economic disaster like the Global Financial Crisis, even if monetary tightening has been equally significant.