It takes a chance and stretches every once in a while.

A working farm once stretched along the entire street where this garden now stands.

The velvet cape, which had once stretched nearly to the floor, now fell to just above her knees.

David said it had once stretched unbroken all the way back to Tally's home city and beyond.

The cancer stretched once towards her, fell back, staggered and collapsed.

Once stretched, the elastic recovery is used to keep the load tight.

The thread of belonging, once stretched to breaking point, may not be easily joined again.

They said the sand dunes once stretched between 150 and 200 feet beyond the homes that have been destroyed since last Friday.

Linker believes these ribbons once stretched clear around the planet.

Fossil records show their territory once stretched to the northern Caucasus.