stretching

How To Use stretching In A Sentence

• Quartz and chlorite stretching lineations show two major trends, either down dip to the SW or sub-horizontal plunge to the west or NW, i.e. along strike.
• He finished stretching when he was a beanpole, roughly three meters, or eight or nine feet.
• The sea was its usual calm blue, a glassy liquid surface stretching till it fused with the horizon in a spectacle of colour.
• The view of the unbroken forest canopy stretching away to the horizon defies description; it is a vision of a world untroubled by time, a revelation of the hugeness and wholeness of nature.
• The long-awaited opening will mark the triumphant end of a battle stretching back up to four years.
• They have only to glance over their shoulder and they see a mighty lineage stretching back. Times, Sunday Times
• He stood up, stretching limbs that had become stiff from the cramped surroundings.
• He grinned; just another good-hearted carouser stretching a night of harmless merriment into the new day. Survived another workshop!
• A fitful breeze stirred the pale foliage over her head, now and then showering her with pink petals from the lingering blossoms; from beneath her rose the damp sweet fragrance of soft earth and green grass, nearby a meadow-lark sang plaintively; somewhere a robin called arrogantly to his mate in the nest; from the valley, stretching below the sloping orchard, a violet mist lifted. Red-Robin
• A proper warm-up and stretching of all major muscle groups is necessary, with emphasis towards the entire hip girdle and shoulder girdle , including the pecs.