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protraction
[ proh-trak-shuhn, pruh- ]
noun
- the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.
- something that is protracted.
- a drawing or rendering to scale.
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Other Words From
- nonpro·traction noun
- over·pro·traction noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of protraction1
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Example Sentences
The voyager embarks, and is in all probability confined to his cabin, suffering under the dreadful protraction of seasickness.
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This, my Lords, is the kind of damage which he has suffered by the want of witnesses, through the protraction of this trial.
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The only great dread is the protraction of life into imbecility or the visitation of lingering pain.
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It was evident that we were in a pitfall, and that resistance was only the protraction of a fate which was now inevitable.
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It was a protraction only of what is worst in life; it was in no way a completion of what is best in it.
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