Lengthened [verb]
Definition of Lengthened:
extend
Synonyms of Lengthened:
● Prolong
● Elongate
● Augment
● Expand
● Distend
● Draw
● Proceed
● Dilate
● Stretch
● Reach
● Increase
● Continue
● Pad
● Protract
● Amplify
● Drag out
● Draw out
● Let out
● Spin out
Opposite/Antonyms of Lengthened:
● Lose
● Reduce
● Stop
● Halt
● Contract
● Cut
● Curtail
● Decrease
● Lessen
● Compress
● Cease
● Shorten
Sentence/Example of Lengthened:
The weeks lengthened into months, and the holidays came; but just before the holidays Black Sheep fell into deadly sin.
The shadows lengthened and crept out like stealthy, grotesque monsters across the grass.
Read amled, as in Speght; of which enameled is a lengthened form, with the prefix en-.
The fact that a young girl had written the text of the play became harder and harder to believe as the evening lengthened.
Such a lengthened period between licensing and publication is probably unparalleled in literary history.
The shadows lengthened across the pearl-grey water and two white clouds near the sun were turning golden.
Her visage lengthened visibly whenever she saw him approaching with his cocked hat and ivory-headed cane.
It is a lengthened disquisition, in seven thousand four hundred lines, upon the great phenomena of the outward world.
A lengthened and stormy debate took place; but the resolutions were all negatived.
Towards the end of the session the New Zealand question again became the subject of a lengthened investigation.