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'stretch' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'stretch' with 20 example sentences.

stretch adjective

: having an elongated seating area

: easily stretched

stretch noun

: a large and unbroken expanse or distance

: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

: a straightaway section of a racetrack

: exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

: extension to or beyond the ordinary limit

: an unbroken period of time during which you do something

: the capacity for being stretched

stretch verb

: occupy a large, elongated area

: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

: extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

: become longer by being stretched and pulled

: make long or longer by pulling and stretching

: lie down comfortably

: pull in opposite directions

: extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly

: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

: increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

: extend one's body or limbs

stretching stretch out stretched at a stretch
  • He stretched out his arm to take the book.
  • These socks don't stretch when you wash them.
  • I need to stretch my legs.
  • She stretched out her legs.
  • My friend got to ride a stretch limousine to prom!
  • I can only walk about three kilometers at a stretch.
  • We stretched out our arms.
  • We're in the home stretch.
  • The blue sky seemed to stretch forever.
  • I can't stretch my right arm.
  • The wheat fields stretch out for miles.
  • Keep the rope stretched tight.
  • He worked ten hours at a stretch.
  • The line outside the club stretched around the corner.
  • How far did the Roman Empire stretch at its peak?
  • I stretch before exercising to prevent injury.
  • The pregnancy left her with stretch marks.
  • Stretch the dough with your hands.
  • This is a really lonely stretch of shoreline.
  • I've never seen a more god-forsaken stretch of desert.

    • Words related to 'stretch'

    extend spread pull strain reach

    Words near 'stretch' in the dictionary

    strengthen strenuous stress stressed stressful stretched strict strictly strictly speaking strike