Examples of 'was stretched' in a sentence

Meaning of "was stretched"

This phrase is used to describe a situation where something has been pulled or elongated beyond its normal limits. It can also refer to a person or organization being put under extreme pressure or strain

How to use "was stretched" in a sentence

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was stretched
He was stretched out on a flat rock in the sunshine.
Her neck apparently was stretched a foot long.
Tom was stretched out on the floor.
Each floating epidermis was stretched essentially flat.
She was stretched out on a long white table.
Katee in particular was stretched to the limit.
He was stretched out on a bed and he was very ill.
In later ships this standard was stretched to a greater length.
It was stretched so tight across her bottom.
The city council budget was stretched.
Pompidou was stretched out in his chair.
Now think of a time that your faith was stretched.
This film was stretched uniaxially at room temperature.
The case went to the court and was stretched for decades.
Her being was stretched to give herself in love to seven.

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Thirty meters to my right a girl was stretched out on the ground.
The fabric was stretched and attached to a fixed structure.
It feels like an article that was stretched into a book.
The sheet was stretched and the bed narrow.
My point of view was stretched.
Her mouth was stretched open in a scream.
So the freezer might be shrinking what was stretched out over time.
That memory was stretched out on the old bed.
At the beginning of the experiment the fiber was stretched as described above.
Then the skin was stretched over a framework to dry.
He had to imagine what it would look like when it was stretched.
The dried tape was stretched in three steps.
He was stretched on the rack and his flesh torn with iron hooks.
Our corporal was stretched to death.
It was stretched out about the length of my shoe.
The microporous polyethylene membrane was stretched on a biaxial expansion machine.
Tom was stretched out on a sofa.
A couch of leaves and grass was stretched out on the ground.
She was stretched so thin.
Got up this morning and she was stretched out asleep.
The test body was stretched at a constant rate by the equipment.
The ring to which the valve flaps are connected was stretched.
So my body was stretched to the max.
Was stretched on it.
He said the silver foil was stretched over a wooden frame.
It was stretched out like space.
The show was stretched.
She was stretched back and looked as if she was in the agonies of death.
It was used of a muscle that was stretched to its absolute maximum capacity.
She was stretched on the table with her beer next to her.
My budget was stretched.
The strip was stretched until it fractured and the maximum force was recorded.
The thread from each camera shutter was stretched across the racetrack.
Their image was stretched and magnified by closer clusters of galaxies.
It just has gone unnoticed until your abdomen was stretched by your expanding uterus.

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