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    1. Deut: 32:47: For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days


    2. Though the Lord makes His life an offering for sin, He will prolong the days of His offspring


    3. Practice this stage frequently but do not prolong your efforts to the point when you begin to tire


    4. Incidentally the Shoulderstand is especially recommended for women after childbirth after a suitable period of recuperation has elapsed, but in all cases do not prolong the posture beyond the point of absolute comfort


    5. "By then most successful people were able to prolong their lives indefinitely


    6. There was also still a lot of animosity from the people who couldn't afford to prolong their lives


    7. They had pretty much used up the subject of Vikenvor's rig by the time Yarin returned and Desa didn't try to find ways to prolong the conversation


    8. As I was already halfway to the door by the time I said this, she did not get much of a chance to prolong the conversation


    9. “They didn’t care whether or not it worked, it was the mere desire to prolong mortal life that was the unpardonable sin


    10. The fear of the Lord prolong days

    11. he will see his offspring and prolong


    12. It was the law to have no other pets but Napies, also it was the law that no one could in any way try to prolong the life span of the Napies


    13. "If we believed that you can prolong the mortal shell, Christianity has always taught us that our mortal life is just an introduction to the life we'll have in Heaven, a larval stage if you will


    14. It is against the will of God that you prolong this incomplete stage of your development


    15. nearly decided to prolong his stay


    16. “Why prolong our suffering? What does your Master even care? I’ve seen the Dark Army, and compared to its vastness, we are inconsequential


    17. Jakkar had a choice, continue to dump power into S’ilindsa to prolong her futile attack, or send his power to aid the Chosen


    18. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand


    19. “Looking at the evidence it seems like an open and shut case to me and I don’t see any reason to prolong the verdict”, he looked to his two Majors who nodded their agreement


    20. Alf didn’t want to go to work, Christian turned up early, his wife was murderous as she had the baby blues and he thought it would be better to prolong his life by keeping out of her way

    21. Toral, however, staunchly declined to capitulate, but did all in his power to prolong the truce until reinforcements, marching from Manzanillo, should arrive to aid him in repelling the assault he hourly expected, but which Shafter was powerless to carry out


    22. Then his mind caught up with him, and he realized that this morning was not a morning he should spend trying to prolong his sleep


    23. Once he entered her, his own movements matched hers, and he was unable to prolong the arrival of his own climax


    24. In The Forgotten Man, Shlaes said that FDR helped prolong the Great Depression into the late 1930s by raising taxes


    25. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my lifee


    26. 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection of it on the Earth


    27. 6 You will prolong the king's life, and his years as many generations


    28. from the hand of the wicked; who raises up a horn out of Jacob and a judge of the nations out of Israel; (17) that He may prolong His


    29. but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days


    30. 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked; neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he fears not before God

    31. offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand


    32. repay, he will prolong the time, and return words of grief, and complain of the time


    33. 14 For they shall also pray the Lord, that he would prosper that, which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life


    34. who are only interested in using this concept to enhance and prolong


    35. “Um, don’t you think we should be trying to get her out of here and not prolong her stay?” Corey asks


    36. Prolong treatment with Acnezine


    37. Time would only have served to prolong and enhance Zacchaeus’ misery and pain as they grew into adolescents


    38. 16 In order that you may prolong your days in the land, you and your children and your children's children forever, when you do what is good and upright in the sight of the Lord your God, to go in all his ways


    39. 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto you go over Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed


    40. 40 You shall keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and so that you may prolong your days on the earth, which the Lord your God gives you, forever

    41. 33 you shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess


    42. 9 And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land that flows with milk and honey


    43. 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel


    44. 18 I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days on the land, whither you passest over Jordan to go to possess it


    45. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, whither you go over Jordan to possess it


    46. 16 In order that you may prolong your days in the land you and your children and your children's children forever when you do what is good and upright in the sight of the Lord your God to go in all his ways


    47. pants with their elastic waists allowed Lucy to prolong


    48. At this point, chemo will most likely not save her life, but prolong it


    49. But she had no wish to prolong the moment, especially when those around her needed what skills she could offer


    50. He could prolong, for a moment anyhow, his last combat mission










































    1. the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged


    2. However, when stress levels increase and become prolonged, feelings of exhaustion, debilitation and inadequacy begin to set in along with various physical side effects


    3. Prolonged exposure to it can prematurely


    4. Medical doctors account for the strengthening of the immune system after prolonged use


    5. The bonds between them have remained strong in spite of Billy's frequent and sometimes prolonged absences


    6. ” After a silence which was so prolonged George and Belle both began to wonder if communication had at last been severed with their cherished counsellors, finally Lizette spoke for all


    7. Groggy from a bad night, she hauled herself out of bed and, after a prolonged session under the shower – thankfully, Kev had lit the boiler and there was hot water – she went off to prepare breakfast


    8. The weary cynicism that comes through prolonged exposure to other people's stupidity and mean-faced barbarism


    9. Harold threw himself into paving the way for his now foreseen prolonged absence


    10. However, the FoxO virus/gene seems to repair your shattered heart microsecond by microsecond, thus allowing you to function at massively increased rates of strength and speed for relatively prolonged periods of time

    11. The term, during which such a lease can be granted, as will be valid against every future purchaser or proprietor of the land, has been prolonged from nine to twenty-seven years


    12. “We couldn’t have done anything anyway,” replied Chris, “Resuscitating her would only have prolonged her agony, if it had worked at all given the condition she’s in


    13. However, the immortal blood , her prolonged exposure to it, seems to have changed her DNA


    14. Stopping there prolonged our journey by one day, but neither Joseph nor I complained


    15. The deficiencies charged upon this prolonged term amounted to £5,160,459: 14: 9½


    16. In 1707, those duties were still further prolonged, as a fund for new loans


    17. In the heat of battle it could not be called murder, but what if there was a way to avoid killing these men? Would it not be more humane to try to preserve these warriors who had served the people and the Lord? Severing their abilities was an assured death sentence regardless of whether it was immediate or prolonged, as wielders could not live long without the Power


    18. But when Armageddon came, their suffering would be unimaginable, if they didn’t die in the initial blast-wave radiation, the darkening fallout ensured a prolonged death


    19. Prolonged use may reduce iron absorption in the intestines and may also affect other mineral balances in the body


    20. "Minna," protests Peggy, "you mustn't eat another bit of candy!" and Minna opens her mouth in a howl, prolonged, but without tears and

    21. Several houses were demolished; but with such precedents as Sebastopol, Strasburg, and Paris, it was easy to realise that Shafter's threat to knock Santiago to pieces with his puny field-guns was futile; even aided by a powerful navy, it might take a prolonged action to force surrender


    22. Then three prolonged cheers of triumph ran down the lines, followed by a crashing rifle salute, mingled with a thunderous shout from the Cubans, “Viva los Americanos!”


    23. should be apparent by now after prolonged experience with failed (economic) policies


    24. This was done primarily after prolonged droughts, floods or plagues


    25. Other hardliners on Communism, including Kennedy and Reagan, prolonged the Cold War, notably argued by George Kennan, the analyst and architect of US Containment policy


    26. prolonged period of time


    27. The photos showed beatings, death threats, threats with guard dogs, sexual humiliation, prolonged stress positions, sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation, smearing prisoners with feces and urine, simulated drowning, and disorientation using loud sounds


    28. Finally, he released the smoke in a prolonged billowing stream


    29. congregation and the spirit of sacrifice and mortification of the women who carried upon their shoulders the very heavy statue of Our Lady of Sorrow during the prolonged run through the steepest streets of the town


    30. The prior president, Van Buren, opposed the takeover because he saw correctly that it would lead to a prolonged and divisive war with Mexico

    31. The harm to workers’ health by repeated and prolonged exposure to the dangerous chemicals became a contentious issue


    32. If that is you, why be a partisan party follower? Why makes excuses for wrongs done by those you once voted for? Why devote yourself to any political party, except to hold its feet to the fire and live up to higher principle? Why would any such person of good heart and intentions focus on fluff and ephemera like “leadership qualities” and supposed statesmanship? Why focus on anything but whether people will live or die because of wars threatened or prolonged or avoided or ended, or policies or politics that inflict or relieve human suffering? Why care about anything but these concerns?


    33. Having taken all that into account, and after prolonged and thoughtful deliberation, the idea of barging in Novorski’s office could only be compared to a village of natives in the Amazon waking up one day, and deciding they were the rightful rulers of the entire world, before promptly setting out to conquer everyone else armed with sticks, spears, stones, and the occasional sharp tropical fruit, arguing amongst themselves that the one hiccup in their plan was whether or not their canoes would be able to provide the required logistics support, mainly mangoes and coke leaves


    34. It seemed to Hilderich as if the man had grown literally attached to his set of armor, or that its prolonged use had left indelible stains on his body


    35. The mint remedy was not working and the Baroness slipped quietly into a prolonged sleep


    36. But the higher they went and the more time passed, it became more and more difficult to climb and their pace dropped considerably with their pauses becoming increasingly frequent and more prolonged


    37. Jan was the younger of the two, dark-haired and with a thin face that Colling guessed was the result of either illness or prolonged anxiety, or both


    38. a prolonged fever urging that the medicine was pure


    39. of it are many, but by the man of understanding and knowledge the state of it shall be prolonged


    40. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear

    41. lives were prolonged for a season and time


    42. have multiple orgasms and prolonged sex


    43. There may be the same prolonged sexual


    44. one is that it goes a step further in not only promoting prolonged sex


    45. The gallery visit was a mere company invitation for the Bank’s prolonged benevolence


    46. He had fathered children by another woman during Terri’s prolonged illness, and apparently wanted to get on with his new life


    47. Maybe better, for to Hobsbawm the “climax” of the march “can be prolonged for hours


    48. A prolonged ecstasy will burn


    49. It was really a prolonged stumble to a fall, but for his


    50. 38 And Hedad replied before the judge and said to the man, Did I not tell you the interpretation of your dreame the cord means that your days shall be prolonged like a cord, and the mantle, that you will have a vineyard in which you will plant all kinds of fruit trees










































    1. They had to get me back home and prolonging the situation was only going to make me worse


    2. There seems little point in prolonging the agony and the old man will get himself royally pissed before too long


    3. You’re only prolonging the inevitable,” Stenworth said


    4. “There is still a problem,” I said prolonging the grimness, “I


    5. His unfortunate flirtation with Keynesian Economic Policies (Wage and Price Controls) and prolonging the ―Great Society‖ by introducing fresh initiatives, threw a monkey wrench into the economy but enough of that! Seeking (public) forgiveness, if not self-forgiveness, this tormented soul sought redemption in seclusion and productive writing


    6. I knew I was only prolonging the inevitable


    7. The heat of her body was urging him on, and Colling fought to control his physical reactions, holding back and prolonging the inevitable


    8. Your prolonging the inevitable will only cause you difficulty in the long run


    9. That was Julie's way of saving and prolonging her mother's life


    10. affectionately, prolonging the comfort his arms offered, fending

    11. The hunters take aim, prolonging the moment for dramatic effect


    12. Whether you are talking to someone or looking at someone at a distance, prolonging eye contact can send the message that you are interested in her


    13. All he answered was, "Very well, your leaders son will remain in our custody, please inform him that his decisions are prolonging the hostage taking and potentially ending his life


    14. Harry with his assistant Sarah resumes working hard to achieve fauna life prolonging


    15. Harry and Sarah have no choice but to disclose their discovery to the United States of America government to use it in prolonging the lives of the soldiers


    16. They think of doing a research to stop JF-31 cells for prolonging the lives of the soldiers but they fail


    17. Are we really ready to deal with overpopulation and famine on this scale? We seem to be better at destroying life than prolonging it


    18. The German generals, despite being shocked at the decrepit extent of their leader’s physical decline had little option other than to fall in line with his insane plans, thereby prolonging the agony


    19. But, the emperor accepted the futility of prolonging the conflict and intervened in support of the peace faction


    20. Instantly they got a brilliant idea of prolonging their stay here

    21. STOP PROLONGING THE


    22. prolonging her stay onboard the USS Chance, you endangered the lives of those on the Enterprise when you incapacitated them using Kelvan technology, you stole Star Fleet property, namely, an Enterprise Shuttlecraft, and came very near to starting an interstellar war with the Romlans


    23. ” He was teasing her now, prolonging the answer she really wanted


    24. “Does he know you?” Alex asked prolonging the girl’s game


    25. There was no sense in prolonging the suspense


    26. interested in further prolonging their stay and have become home sick, he instructed them to


    27. The pill is considered a blockbuster pill for prolonging life


    28. Prolonging bath day did have its advantages


    29. All life is based upon these constructive and destructive activities and as food, water, and air are the only requisites necessary for the construction of cells, it would seem that the problem of prolonging life indefinitely would not be a very difficult one


    30. prolonging the life of the membrane

    31. There was no point in prolonging the inevitable


    32. If it worsened, a game cancellation was imminent, just prolonging the inevitable end of the


    33. “You’re prolonging the inevitable, give me the gun


    34. Quietly, calmly, sensuously, voluptuously, prolonging our union, moving in soulful kisses from the flesh to the soul and back again, in the third


    35. The innate decency and honesty and health of the German culture and people had to be systematically destroyed as much as possible by prolonging the war as long as possible


    36. Prolonging desire in the


    37. I touched my hair impulsively, prolonging the moment to think of a lie


    38. Not prolonging the agony of her situation, he made haste to bring the engine back to life


    39. As a friend from friends his final withdrawal prolonging,


    40. "In that case," said Sancho, "let senor doctor see among the dishes that are on the table what will do me most good and least harm, and let me eat it, without tapping it with his stick; for by the life of the governor, and so may God suffer me to enjoy it, but I'm dying of hunger; and in spite of the doctor and all he may say, to deny me food is the way to take my life instead of prolonging it

    41. But when it is Reagan’s turn to speak, he looks bold and confident: “I definitely think that the demonstrations are prolonging the war,” he says emphatically, and then lists the reasons


    42. Debray, who perceived the gathering clouds, and felt no desire to witness the explosion of Madame Danglars' rage, suddenly recollected an appointment, which compelled him to take his leave; while Monte Cristo, unwilling by prolonging his stay to destroy the advantages he hoped to obtain, made a farewell bow and departed, leaving Danglars to endure the angry reproaches of his wife


    43. He hummed, prolonging in solemn echo the closes of the bars:


    44. What more could I hope to do by prolonging the interview? I had succeeded on behalf of Herbert, Miss Havisham had told me all she knew of Estella, I had said and done what I could to ease her mind


    45. successful in restoring him to health, had, in all probability, been the means of prolonging his feeble existence to that hour


    46. Magoo, prolonging registration, then shuffling beneath the string of high hexagonal lanterns straight toward the elevator


    47. Her mother chimed in to the same tune: a certain way she had of making her labours in the house seem heavier than they were by prolonging them indefinitely, also weighed in the argument


    48. If so much had sprung to the surface, I scarce put it too strongly in saying that what had perhaps sprung highest was the absurdity of our prolonging the fiction that I had anything more to teach him


    49. It was Sunday noon and the fog touching at the hotel windows when the mist did not and rain rinsing the fog and then leaving off to let the mist return and coffee after lunch was prolonging itself into tea with the promise of high tea ahead and beyond that the Buttery pub opening belowstairs, or the Second Coming and the only sound was porcelain cups against porcelain teeth and the whisper of silk or the creak of shoes until at last a swinging door leading from the small library-writing room squealed softly open and an old man, holding on to the air should he fall, shuffled out, stopped, looked around at everyone, slowly, and said in a calm drear voice:


    50. By prolonging period τs, we increase the probability of capturing diverse market phases, and, thus, reduce the sensitivity of the strategy to the changing market environment








    1. Likely Custer's tactics prolongs the war, much like how the Washita Massacre sent a clear message to Natives that they could expect little mercy, causing them to fight even harder


    2. And there is a wicked man who prolongs life


    3. The fear of the Lord prolongs days; but the years of the wicked shall


    4. Such thinking only prolongs the state of unhappiness


    5. 22 The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongs his days


    6. patient’s best interest as it prolongs suffering with no hope of benefit and


    7. They are a fast-fading race, drowned in lotus dreams, stimulating their waking hours by means of the golden wine which heals wounds, prolongs life, and invigorates the most sated debauchee


    8. Fiber can actually make you feel full longer, since it prolongs the digestion process


    9. Every effort to change what is being felt or seen presupposes and confirms the illusion of the independent knower or ego, and to try to get rid of what isn’t there only prolongs confusion


    10. Heart beats increases in order to improve the power and prolongs the action of muscles

    11. strengthens health of his or her parents, improves their mood, and prolongs life? If


    12. which the feet can rest, which prolongs the agony and dying


    13. “Haven't you read? The latest research claims that sex prolongs life


    14. And then more long will prolongs inertial moving of emitted free particles


    15. will not close, and which prolongs the dressings indefinitely, to


    16. Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man


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    Synonyms for "prolong"

    draw out extend prolong protract keep up sustain continue

    "prolong" definitions

    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer


    lengthen or extend in duration or space