Then again, it could simply prolong the waiting.

Getting involved would simply prolong the fight, they say.

Black also stated that trying to hide how bad the situation is will simply prolong the problem, as happened in Japan's lost decade.

Many in the party said they feared the vote would simply prolong the bitter rivalry between the two.

By not accepting her resignation the first time she offered it, he simply prolonged and intensified the crisis.

Correcting the market can simply prolong the problem, some critics say.

It is never done by someone because of poverty or illness as it would simply prolong a long process.

It simply prolongs the fight, this treachery of the big unions.

To make any exceptions now will simply prolong the war.

More Americans would simply prolong the war, he said.