Wondering how to use Stretched in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as flexible or extended.
Stretched in a sentence
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Stretched meaning
simple past and past participle of stretch
Using Stretched
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of stretch
- Useful related words include: flexible, flexile, extended.
- In the example corpus, stretched often appears in combinations such as: stretched out, stretched the, that stretched.
Context around Stretched
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stretched
- In this selection, "stretched" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, goal, extended, means, thin, dallas and washington stand out and add context to how "stretched" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and students stretched for a and are already stretched and depleted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stretched" sits close to words such as collectively, confrontation and norm, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stretched
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thus, peritoneum means stretched around or stretched over. (8 words)
A goal in each half stretched United’s unbeaten run to 10 games. (13 words)
Another run in the sixth inning stretched Louisiana’s lead to 7-4. (13 words)
A long line of Greeley-Evans School District 6 families and students stretched for a block Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 as they waited to get into the district’s 10th annual school kickoff community celebration at Island Grove Events Center in Greeley. (42 words)
After a field goal stretched Dallas’ lead to 13 points, the Commanders failed on back-to-back fourth downs and threw a pick-six to fuel a 45-10 Cowboys win that stretched Washington’s losing streak to three games. (40 words)
A banker at the Beijing branch of a commercial bank said about 20 percent of existing clients had applied to prepay mortgages and his bank had stretched the approval process to about half a year. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
After a field goal stretched Dallas’ lead to 13 points, the Commanders failed on back-to-back fourth downs and threw a pick-six to fuel a 45-10 Cowboys win that stretched Washington’s losing streak to three games.
Decerebrate posturing is a stereotypical posturing in which the legs are similarly extended (stretched), but the arms are also stretched (extended at the elbow).
This allows them to contribute more to viscosity in their stretched state, because the stretched-out polymer takes up more space.
Thus, peritoneum means stretched around or stretched over.
A 14-0 run that stretched into the second period boosted the margin to 32-14.
A banker at the Beijing branch of a commercial bank said about 20 percent of existing clients had applied to prepay mortgages and his bank had stretched the approval process to about half a year.
A goal in each half stretched United’s unbeaten run to 10 games.
A host of training programs have been introduced to shore up the country’s stretched-thin crew base.
A long line of Greeley-Evans School District 6 families and students stretched for a block Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 as they waited to get into the district’s 10th annual school kickoff community celebration at Island Grove Events Center in Greeley.
Also, spot removal spells are stretched thin, so that won't slow down Ascend too much for a given player.
And mental health officials anticipated that the full emotional impacts are still to come, and some expected to see wait lists for mental health assistance double in a system that’s already stretched too thin.
Angelico hitched a grapevine leglock on Cassidy, while Serpentico stretched Danhausen on the outside.
An last week called for the ER to shut down to new patients if resources continue to be as stretched-thin as they are, creating dangerous conditions for people in need of care.
Another person compared it to the Siegfried Line - Hitler's World War II defensive line which stretched 390 miles along the German border.
Another run in the sixth inning stretched Louisiana’s lead to 7-4.
As he laid on the floor stretched out like a star, Collins went ballistic with the officials.
As the evening stretched into the cold dark and out beyond the hard flicker of the TV screen, they played on, the Matildas and the French.
At 5 p.m. on the banks, a guide leading the crossing squints to carefully scan the stretched-out expanse of nothingness that lies ahead, neck slightly craned forward, walking stick in hand.
At least 4,000 police and gendarmes were expected to be mobilised for the occasion, at a time when forces are already stretched and depleted from policing the weeks of protests.
At St James’ Park, injury-hit Newcastle were stretched so thin that Eddie Howe had to name three goalkeepers among his substitutes.
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×