Synonym: drawn-out, elongated, extended, lengthened, lengthy, protracted. Similar words: prolong, no longer, so long, longer, so long as, any longer, longevity, prologue. Meaning: [prə'lɔŋd /-lɒŋd] adj. 1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted 2. drawn out or made longer spatially 3. (of illness) developing slowly or of long duration.
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61. This says that a member can defend itself, but in no sense does it endorse a prolonged campaign of counter-attack.
62. But prolonged recession and high unemployment knocked his popularity down to rock-bottom.
63. Don't leave your tent pitched all day for a prolonged period - this will degrade the flysheet.
64. Since the seed for this year's crops has been eaten, the risk of a prolonged famine is increasing.
65. Yet it only took a prolonged stare from Donald to render them meek and mild.
66. And how do you propose to explain your prolonged absence?
67. Everyone suffered from that daily and prolonged exposure to a Baldersdale winter - swollen faces and aching joints were commonplace.
68. With prolonged heavy drinking, the effects of alcohol on health can be drastic.
69. Contrary to expectations, immersion in water results in very high prolonged uptake, without equilibrium after many years.
70. Another factor inimical to corals is prolonged emersion, but resistance to this varies with the species.
71. Prolonged fixation often lead to irreversible damage as muscles atrophied.
72. These findings indicate that prolonged supplementation with vitamin C may reduce the recurrence of adenomatous polyps.
73. Children who suffer from prolonged ill-health inevitably benefit less from education than healthy children.
74. Rather than ending divisions in the Labour Party, the controversies of 1935 mark the beginning of a new period of prolonged disunity.
75. Third, since supplementary benefit can be paid indefinitely, long strikes are prolonged into longer strikes.
76. Roxburgh Castle was proof against all but prolonged siege and heavy artillery.
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77. These provide a sustained steam of energy during the prolonged physical exertion required for professional cycling or tennis.
78. These differences may be significant given the potency of large and relatively prolonged aggregations for producing epidemics in experiments.
79. A descriptive sociology requires a familiarity with the observed events that is achieved through intimate and often prolonged exposure.
80. Further work must be performed to document the incidence and aetiology of deep venous thrombosis and effective prophylaxis during prolonged therapeutic laparoscopy.
81. This submerged everything, until in recent times it was in turn submerged in the bitter and prolonged conflicts of decolonization.
82. Significant cyclosporin toxicity during prolonged treatment is minimal and does not appear to be a limiting factor at this dose of cyclosporin.
83. By separating the sodium bicarbonate from the other components, the shelf-life of the packets was prolonged.
84. The most conspicuous battleground in this prolonged conflict over the locus of control was the procedure for placing contracts.
85. However, laboratory tests show that Gore-Text can be penetrated by prolonged exposure to rain.
86. Birds have been seen in every month except June and August, and commonly make prolonged stays.
87. Heavy and prolonged frosts could reduce the normally steep and swift-flowing river to a mere trickle.
88. Prolonged cold spells on reasonably full lakes are not a bad thing.
89. Sheep, hardy creatures in many ways, proved curiously vulnerable to prolonged wet weather.
90. One further aspect needs to be mentioned for churches which have experienced prolonged decline.
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