stretch - use in sentences
Object
- credulity: Tho technically this may have been just about possible, during this time period it is stretching credulity a little far.
- imagination: It was working under Tim that I learned how radio could tell stories in a way that stretched the imagination.
- muscle: Pain occurs if bending the knee is resisted, or if the patient attempts to stretch the muscle.
Adjective modifier
- uphill: On an uphill stretch, swarming with traffic and crowded by roadside construction, I clicked off the overdrive for a little more torque.
- long: To the north is China, to the east is a long stretch of ocean.
Modifies a noun
- limo: After 45 minutes in the air we were in Las Vegas and a stretch limo took us to the Venetian Hotel.
- limousine: If it's a thoroughly modern affair, maybe you can all travel together in a stretch limousine, except the groom of course.
- fleece: The Explorer is made from a soft one-way stretch fleece.
- fabric: With a low hipster cut, it's styled in soft cotton rich stretch fabric for a fitted look that maintains comfort.
Noun used with modifier
- five-mile: But Friends of the Earth Scotland said the five-mile stretch of road would bring more traffic and pollution.
- kilometer: It is scattered along a 5 kilometer stretch of the A449 between Crossway Green and Ombersley.
- mile: The first 15 mile stretch from Derby through to Matlock Bath was awarded World Heritage Site status in 2001.
- hamstring: This stretch forms a similar purpose to the hamstring stretch detailed with the warm up stretches.
Preposition: of
- coastline: An inspirational stretch of southern coastline reveals clusters of tiny, colorful villages clinging to cliffs perched high above a dazzling sea.
- imagination: They're not a big European club by any stretch of the imagination.
- sand: A long stretch of pure white sand is backed by dunes that provide shelter from the noise of the main road.
- canal: The stretch of canal between these two locks was always a favorite swimming place with local youngsters.
- coast: Nestling in a sheltered valley near a spectacular stretch of coast, the South West Coast Path here makes for great walks.
- river: Along this stretch of the river there are 4 breeding pairs of Kingfisher.
Preposition: for
- mile: Location [ View on map ] Only 200 yards away, the golden sands of South Beach stretch for 2 miles to Giltar Point.
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