The minutes stretched away in an endless parade until there was no longer either beginning or end to them.

The minutes stretched into quarter hours, those to the inevitable hour, and then two more of them.

Actually, that few minutes stretched to a good two hours, for we were beat.

The minutes stretched on until finally the contestants could wait no longer.

Ten minutes had stretched to more than an hour.

During the ski season, however, the street is clogged with cars, and so five minutes could easily stretch into 20 or more.

Tense minutes stretched into an hour, then two and three.

The five minutes they intended to stay stretched into three hours.

The minutes, however, stretched into quarter hours and these into over an hour.

But when you're down and all alone, every minute stretches into a poisonous eternity.