Lengthened

As the term lengthened the girls were pushed harder and harder by the instructors, and Bess and others like her complained a good deal. ❋ Annie Roe Carr (N/A)

As Warren relayed, the homeowner was sophisticated enough to recognize that his interest rate would be doubled and his term lengthened so that he would in fact lose his home sooner and the lender would own his valuable property. ❋ Sherwood Ross (2010)

-- If the appropriation were so given the University would be destroyed and the public school term lengthened a day and a half. ❋ Kemp Plummer (1912)

The call lengthened into a visit, and as the Baroness finally rose to go, Joy said: ❋ Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1887)

"It moves in lengthened elegiac measure like a song of lamentation for the dead, and is full of lofty scorn" [Herder]. ❋ Unknown (1871)

-- Sinners even of the worst description are to be admonished even though there may be little hope of amendment, and hence those striking miracles that carried so clear and conclusive demonstration of the being and character of the true God were performed in lengthened series before Pharaoh to leave him without excuse when judgment should be finally executed. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Chariots and horsemen, men and maidens, the grim visages of age and the dusky beauty of youth, in lengthened procession, with palms, and music, and benediction, in behalf of that early world paid the last tribute to a great and just benefactor, to a builder ❋ Unknown (1865)

The sword lengthened his arm; the spear extended it still further. ❋ Gallico, Paul (1959)

Its form was what we may call a lengthened oval, tapering off at the head and tail, which were under the water, only part of the scaly back being exposed to the air. ❋ Roy Rockwood (N/A)

He must have been very drunk, for at last the heavy sleep gripped him with the suddenness of a magic spell, and the last word lengthened itself into an interminable, noisy, in-drawn snore. ❋ Unknown (1899)

It has not been shortened by much (only 10 yards), but it has not been lengthened, which is an indication that there might be a change in the air moving toward a more strategic course setup. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whatever its structure, a Noun must always be either (1) the ordinary word for the thing, or (2) a strange word, or (3) a metaphor, or (4) an ornamental word, or (5) a coined word, or (6) a word lengthened out, or (7) curtailed, or (8) altered in form. ❋ 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle (1911)

Oh, and Cato the Elder suggested, be sure to add back any benefits from global warming, such as lengthened growing seasons in higher latitudes, reductions in tornadoes, the conversion of desert or tundra to arable land, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh, and Cato the Elder suggested, be sure to add back any benefits from global warming, such as lengthened growing seasons in higher latitudes,... ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of those tricks: The council amended the ballot's questionable language from saying that Measure R "lengthened" council members' terms to noting only that it "changed" them. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And the maul I'm glad to say hasn't died a complete death but appears to have "lengthened" into a "Train" style instead to allow for it to continue after being pulled down at the front. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Hey [Johnny]! Go to the [hardware store] and [buy] some tree lengthener." ❋ Sal1981 (2005)