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How to use protracting in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word protracting? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
There are examples of opponents who achieved equally dramatic successes by protracting or slowing the operational tempo.
Cool, cautious, and calculating, he was celebrated for his Fabian policy in protracting war.
That's why many antispammers squarely blame the trade group for protracting the junk-email war.
To insist on not just staying the course, but actually protracting cuts at this point, seems deeply misguided.
He is agonized by time's nasty habit of protracting itself in moments of anguish or tedium.
When you find his behavior upsetting and take him to task you are only protracting the struggle.
The door is opened in an upward direction by fully protracting the door handle, which then snaps and stays in that position.
Yet it is a mistake to succumb: whilst undoubtedly cathartic, biting back only lends legitimacy to the extremist narrative, thereby fueling and protracting the problem.
We have to rely on the experience of those negotiating to return Elian Gonzalez to his father in judging that there was greater risk in protracting the charade than in taking action.
Protracting the main trials until contempt of court hearings are completed has an adverse effect on the implementation of the ICTY completion strategy.
Examples from Classical Literature
Every now and then, as his companion looked up at him, she reminded him of an ancient tabby cat, protracting the enjoyment of a dish of milk.
Nor was her pliancy in the end effected by a less motive, than the fear of being chargeable with protracting the public calamities, and endangering the event of the contest.
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