Stretched means simple past and past participle of stretch. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like flexible or extended.
Stretched in a sentence
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Stretched meaning
simple past and past participle of stretch
Example sentences (20)
Long continuous sounds can be played on the second keyboard by running a finger up and down a stretched metal band.
Crowds at Thursday afternoon's vigil stretched back around half a kilometre from the Council House in Nottingham.
He only goes so far as to acknowledge that the film stretches credulity, a statement that stretched my own credulity.
Originally, this energy was emitted in the form of ultraviolet light, but it has also been stretched to infrared.
In another report showing how Nigeria's economy stretched, Legit.ng reported that Nigeria's oil savings have depleted.
In August, for instance, Mr Caruana described police as “fatigued and already stretched, which is influencing morale”.
Miami stretched the lead as high as 17 points in the second quarter but Boston pulled within 59-51 early in the third.
Redfin's data captures a point in time when quickly-rising mortgage rates stretched prospective home buyers' finances.
Denver’s bench stretched the advantage to 10 points early in the second, and the Nuggets led 61-44 at halftime.
If you look closely at the image, you’ll see that many of the galaxies appear to be stretched out or elongated.
Available in five colours, it’s canopy is stretched across 24 fibreglass ribs, to give it the classical, beautiful form.
Brentford keeper Mark Flekken was never truly stretched and they defended resolutely before hitting Chelsea on the break.
She then stretched her advantage in the second to cross the line 0.92 ahead of Switzerland's Wendy Holdener.
Also, spot removal spells are stretched thin, so that won't slow down Ascend too much for a given player.
Evidence stretched back decades and transcended all political parties to uncover what is happening today in our armed forces.
His criminal record stretched back to a 1996 aggravated assault charge, the Commercial Appeal reported, citing court records.
I am your justice,” Mr. Trump said in a speech laced with grievances that stretched more than 90 minutes.
Monbulk led by 2 shots at the halfway mark, then stretched the lead to 5 shots with just four ends to go.
Mountains rise through the night sky — a far off horizon, tucked heavily behind the deep waters stretched out in front of me.
Angelico hitched a grapevine leglock on Cassidy, while Serpentico stretched Danhausen on the outside.
Common combinations with stretched
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stretched out 22×
- stretched the 17×
- that stretched 14×
- stretched to 12×
- is stretched 10×
- and stretched 9×
- stretched thin 8×
- stretched and 8×
- are stretched 7×
- already stretched 7×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word stretched. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.