Crossword clues for lengthened
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lengthened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lengthening (-'n*[i^]ng).] To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out.
What if I please to lengthen out his date.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: lengthen)
WordNet
Usage examples of "lengthened".
Rathyn automatically lengthened his strides as if to walk away from his inner turmoil.
The stem-vowel is lengthened if there is no consonant cluster following it.
The shadow lengthened, grew, a feeling of impending doom that began to invade her mind with insidious strength, shaking her confidence.
One fingernail lengthened to slit through the thin lace of her bra, freeing her full breasts from the wispy confines.
His smile lengthened into a snarl and the barrel of the rifle shifted toward me.
The shadows in the courtyard lengthened, but the guard below the balcony did not relax his vigil.
I remember visiting France almost immediately after we had made the most offensive invasion of her territory that can well be imagined, yet, despite the feelings which lengthened years of war must have engendered, it was the fashion to admire every thing English.
The lengthened notes of a French horn, which I presume was attending some of their military manoeuvres, sounded with deep and solemn sweetness as we passed.
Shadows lengthened across the valley, at first almost purple, then gray, soon black ringed with mist.
His teeth were gone, and their going had lengthened his dented chin, made the mouth into a puckered gash below that unmistakable nose with the slight crease in its tip.
The extreme good looks of his boyhood had not faded, though they had become more manly-his nose, thank all the gods, had lengthened to a form properly, bumpily Roman, and saved him from a prettiness which would have been a great burden to one who so ardently desired to be everything a man should be-soldier, statesman, lover of women without suspicion that he was also a lover of men.
Upon that, he ran up rapidly to the summit of the mountain and drew the Sword from his girdle, and leaned it toward Aklis, and it lengthened out over lands, the blade of it a beam of solid brilliance.
Under favourable circumstances it was a journey that could not be accomplished in less than twelve or fourteen days, but allowing for the retarded progress of a caravan already exhausted by a lengthened march, Dick was convinced that they could not reach the place for at least three weeks.