3 sentences with 'protracted'

Example sentences and phrases with the word protracted and other words derived from it.

Brief definition: protracted

Lasting for a long time or longer than expected; extended in duration.

A decade later, the hated Corn Laws were finally repealed after a protracted political struggle (1846).

Many felt that the war would settle nationalist rivalries once and for all, and almost no one anticipated a protracted war.

Bennett's violent and protracted battle to keep the union out of Ford had failed, but it had also proved extremely satisfying for Henry Ford.