verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the shadows lengthen (= get longer, as it gets later in the day )
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Already the shadows were lengthening.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
shadow
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Towards the end of the fourth day, as shadows lengthen across sunlit fairways, we witness a test of character as well.
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The afternoon was well advanced: the light like gauze on the bricks and leaves, the shadows lengthening .
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The shadows had lengthened , he thought, so that probably he had been right and it was towards evening.
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And as the shadows lengthened and the light drained from the sky, the crystal began to glow.
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Warm shadows have lengthened across the road and the tourists have gone.
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The shadows were rapidly lengthening , and in the air there was the crisp, metallic scent of winter.
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Beyond the window their shadows lengthen , aspiring to the stature of a late quartet.
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The evening shadows had lengthened still more.
stride
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Furious with myself for these creeping insidious thoughts I focussed on lengthening my stride and levitating the rucksack.
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Without exchanging a word we lengthened our strides , splashing through puddles, and made for the door.
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He had walked away from Sophie and now she lengthened her stride to catch him up.
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Quinn walked home the way he had come, lengthening his strides with each new block.
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The animal responded at once, quickly lengthening its stride into a gallop.
time
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New developments in filtration have been mainly in the direction of improving performance and lengthening the times between backwashing.
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Con: Outlines can lengthen your writing time because they take so long to create.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As afternoon drew on and the shadows lengthened, her fears increased.
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Can you lengthen these pants for me?
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He smiled and the creases at the corners of his eyes lengthened.
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He wore blue jeans, which had been lengthened with strips of denim.
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Shadows began to lengthen as the sun sank in the sky.
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The crack seemed to open wider and lengthen before her eyes.
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This particular operation involves lengthening the Achilles tendon.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again, you can lengthen or shorten the story by including or excluding the various parts, which are mostly self-contained.
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Because the muscles are being lengthened, you may experience pain in them.
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But as the separation from her husband lengthened, she found herself becoming increasingly despondent.
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Plans to lengthen military service from 15 to 18 months will also be scrapped if the talks succeed.
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The more lives lengthen , it seems certain, the more change happens.
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The only solution for this is to use a soldering iron to lengthen them!
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There was plenty of room on the course and it was relatively easy to lengthen it enough to test the professionals.
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We find out that days are lengthening, why April has fools and how to slow time to a stop.