| 单词 | protraction |
| 例句 | The sculpture had become, after all these years, about the protraction of the human foot and the celestial head. Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The ostentatious humility is a cop-out, its endearing quality frayed by protraction. Review: Staging Their Own Siege, Sardonic and Messy 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z China's foreign minister Qin Gang said earlier that the Ukraine crisis seemed to be driven by an invisible hand pushing for the protraction and escalation of the conflict. Responding to Chinese 'joke', Kremlin says United States is 'invisible hand' in Ukraine 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z They can also be used to prevent “the expansion and protraction of a war,” the law says, according to the state media report. North Korea Adopts New Law Hardening Its Nuclear Doctrine 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Retraction occurs as a joint moves back into position after protraction. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z For the mandible, protraction occurs when the lower jaw is pushed forward, to stick out the chin, while retraction pulls the lower jaw backward. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Indefinite protraction of the war, as in Syria, is too dangerous with nuclear-armed participants. Opinion | America and Its Allies Want to Bleed Russia. They Really Shouldn’t. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “Ukraine’s defeat of the initial Russian campaign may therefore set conditions for a devastating protraction of the conflict and a dangerous new period testing the resolve of Ukraine and the West,” according to the study. Austin accuses Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z It also calls for the investigation of "all underlying root causes of recurrent tensions, instability and protraction of conflict". Israel-Gaza conflict: UN body to investigate violence 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Special movements include inversion, eversion, protraction, retraction, elevation, depression, dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, supination, pronation, and opposition. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z A combination of gliding and hinge motions of the mandibular condyle allows for elevation/depression, protraction/retraction, and side-to- side motions of the lower jaw. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z The commission would also investigate “all underlying root causes of recurrent tensions, instability and protraction of conflict” including discrimination and repression, the text said. UN body asked to up scrutiny of Israel’s human rights record 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z A lengthier pandemic would wipe 3% off GDP this year compared with the baseline, while protraction plus a resumption next year would mean 8% less output in 2021 than projected, it said. IMF sees coronavirus-fueled recession as worst since Great Depression 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z “ISIS is facing the test of a lifetime, and the only way to salvage its claims is if the battle fails, whether through military protraction or civilian abuse,” Hassan said. ISIS on the Run 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The plaintiff's request is aimed at protraction of the process. Russian court delays hearing in BP appeal against $3 billion claim 2012-11-09T11:14:10Z Yet, even under him, the protraction of the proceedings, and the evident shrinking from final condemnation, show how little encouragement there was for prosecutions likely to react so dangerously on the prosecutor. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z It soon became evident that human endurance would be insufficient to bear any protraction of the obsequies. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z He was in Richmond with the leading men of the day discussing the great topics under consideration, while Mrs. Gaylord grew weary with her long visit and more and more nervous with its daily protraction. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Many and hard were the blows which were given on both sides in the struggle, a mere protraction of which Bacon perceived was destruction. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z And she began to see other things she didn’t like in this protraction of the period of singleness. The Women of Tomorrow This explains what otherwise would be hard to understand—the immense protraction of so many of the inquisitorial trials whose records have reached us. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z It was evident that we were in a pitfall, and that resistance was only the protraction of a fate which was now inevitable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 Looking back on those three days—and looking forward to a continuous protraction of the same—he could see less reason than ever for coaxing an existence out of life. Leerie The protraction of the siege was already doing them harm. Barclay of the Guides The lengthened bill should produce no difficulties in protraction of the upper mandible and depression of the lower for the reason that in the dove there is no known resistance offered to these movements. Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves Then he cleared his throat with needless protraction. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Individual mistakes we have, of course, all made; in view of the ferocity and protraction of the struggle they were inevitable. My Three Years in America I lament the protraction of your father's illness very much, for your mother's sake, and all your sakes. Records of Later Life The protraction of the war was beginning to try the endurance of the nation. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 The result of gaping in Icterus should be the presence of a more massive set of muscles concerned with protraction and depression than is found in non-gaping groups. Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves It would only be a protraction of my misery—a few hours more of wretched existence—for certainly I must meet death by hunger. The Boy Tar But I had no fancy for such an expedient, a mere protraction of the agony. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 It was aggravated through the protraction of the voyage by contrary winds from the customary fortnight or three weeks to six. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography These, then, were the means employed by the British military authorities to avert a needless protraction of the war. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 This action aids in protraction of the upper mandible. Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves There is on record one fact, well observed, which establishes beyond cavil the possibility of the protraction of pregnancy beyond two hundred and eighty days, or forty weeks. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother “And you didn’t happen to know any o’ that gang, did ye?” continued Bill, with infinite protraction. The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly An enemy vulnerable in many ways, and no matter how many loyal lives were lost, money expended by the protraction of the war, but to be assailed in one. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac Rostrate: the head, when it has a long protraction bearing the mouth parts. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology The voyager embarks, and is in all probability confined to his cabin, suffering under the dreadful protraction of seasickness. Newton Forster The Merchant Service But for the protraction of this separation, after the first necessity for it had passed away, there would seem to be absolutely no excuse. Art in England Notes and Studies The sole rays in a dreary protraction of existence were afforded by the Intelligence Summaries, run by Captain Lang, a versatile and popular humorist. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad He had, moreover, a quality of heart which, as it seemed to those near him, the protraction of the conflict, with its necessary strain upon him, only strengthened. Abraham Lincoln This, my Lords, is the kind of damage which he has suffered by the want of witnesses, through the protraction of this trial. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) This was followed by a protraction of the act of breathing, a reddening of the face, efforts to throw off the clothes, etc. Illusions A Psychological Study Now the protraction of duration seems to belong to operation rather than to being; hence time is the numbering of movement. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition It was a protraction only of what is worst in life; it was in no way a completion of what is best in it. Is Life Worth Living? The evil, too, increases greatly with the protraction of the session, and I apprehend, in case of war, their session would have a tendency to become permanent. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 We went yesterday to the shore, and by protraction Rua point was distant thirty-three miles. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 See him about it at once, then; and, if he does not consent, the only difficulty is in the delay and further protraction of your union. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia And, in all frankness and courtesy, I have to add, that any further protraction of this relation can scarcely fail to be viewed by us as hostile in spirit. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Antonyms: inextensible, rigid, inelastic. extension, n. enlargement, expansion, protraction; projection. Putnam's Word Book The voyager embarks, and is in all probability confined to his cabin, suffering under the dreadful protraction of sea-sickness. Newton Forster At bottom, one might say that human wisdom consisted in the protraction of all things, in saying “no” before saying “yes,” for one could manage people only by trifling with them. Against the Grain Every moment of its protraction seemed still more to unsettle the understanding of his daughter. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia But to suppose, as some do, that the protraction of u in tun would identify it with the o in tone, surpasses any notion I have of what stupidity may misconceive. The Grammar of English Grammars Jaffe describes an instance of the prolongation of pregnancy for three hundred and sixty-five days, in which the developments and measurements corresponded to the length of protraction. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine And she began to see other things she didn't like in this protraction of the period of singleness. Stories from Everybody's Magazine What a discovery was this to men whose appetites were sharpened by such long protractions! The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 In some indescribable way out of that thick-lidded obscurity a far small something stooped and looked out at me for a mere instant of time that seemed of almost intolerable protraction. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 I hope by this, to be able to compress my remarks on your reasoning, and avoid any unnecessary protraction of this epistle. A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation He made the report to the New York Senate Commission on Asylums for the Insane as one of three years' protraction. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The case of the oats is the more valuable, as bearing upon the suggestion as to a protraction of the gestation at a particular part of its course. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation True, the protractions come out well, but this is all the worse, suggesting the process commonly called "doctoring." The Land of Midian — Volume 1 For why should there be any longer protraction or waste of time? The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 He does not hold our curiosity entangled by the involution of his story, nor suspend it by any artful protraction of the main event. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives This event, which seemed likely to lead to a termination of the war, proved ultimately the cause of its protraction. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Across our way appears a long band of green light, reaching over the sea like a thin protraction of color from the extended spur of verdure in which the western end of the island terminates. Two Years in the French West Indies The protraction of the last word or two was really astonishing; again and again I fancied that the speaker had broken into song. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy We regret most severely the protraction of the disease, and the danger of the remedy; but in this way it is that human affairs are carried on! Peter Plymley's Letters, and selected essays But, leaving this, I would they would begin at once: this protraction is able to sour the best-settled patience in the theatre. Every Man out of His Humour Whence it seemed to me, that time is nothing else than protraction; but of what, I know not; and I marvel, if it be not of the mind itself? The Confessions of St. Augustine He thus assisted me in the protractions of the map, to the countries which lie east and west of the route. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile "And you didn't happen to know any o' that gang, did ye?" continued Bill, with infinite protraction. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories With infinite difficulty, protraction, and not a little embarrassment, he finally made him understand that he had seen a "white squaw" near the "sweat-house," and that he wanted to know more about her. Under the Redwoods Both voices had in their accents and delivery something of the sadness and infinite protraction of the plain. Tales of Trail and Town The spring proved little better than a protraction of trial. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 All the lesser emotions—worry, jealousy, envy, grief, disappointment, expectation—all these influence the body in this manner, the consequences depending upon the intensity of the emotion and its protraction. 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