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Example sentences for: stretching

How can you use “stretching” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

On the train to Venice, packed into a compartment with several nice old Italian ladies, I peered out the window at the sky stretching toward Yugoslavia and pronounced it "excellent bombing weather."
She accomplishes this magic by stretching the two plies differently.
Once near the mezzanine level-where stairwell C ended-this team spread out in chain formation, stretching from several floors down to the mezzanine itself.
After some stretching, we launched directly into hundreds of lightning-fast sit-ups, crunches, push-ups, leg lifts, and scissor kicks.
In an area stretching from the permanently traffic-jammed Piazza Dante, between Via San Biagio dei Librai and Via Tribunali and over to the Porta Capuana, the popular image of old Naples survives.