An unusually prolonged stretch of nine days caused some concern among organizers last week.

After the 1972 season however, the Giants suffered one of the worst prolonged stretches in their history.

But for Woods, there has never been a prolonged stretch of better golf.

The padding on the gloves' palm and fingers, these riders reported, reduced the pain of gripping the reins for prolonged stretches.

In spring training, he hit .192 and led the team with 19 strikeouts, going prolonged stretches without hitting a ball out of the infield.

The splint is used to provide prolonged stretch to the healing tissues and prevent flexion contractures.

However, the new study by Tautz et al. (2004) also shows that most bees will reliably fly over prolonged stretches of water without accident.

Obviously his prolonged stretch of celibacy was beginning to impact his thinking processes.

However, they have shown no signs of being capable of producing such a prolonged stretch.

It left no room to move around, so would be very uncomfortable to sit in for a prolonged stretch of time.