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How to use stretch in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Stretch means to lengthen by pulling. Example: “I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.”

Examples of stretch by meaning

verbTo lengthen by pulling.

  • I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.

verbTo lengthen when pulled.

  • The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.

verbTo pull tight.

  • First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.

verbTo extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.

  • I always stretch my muscles before exercising.
  • When the cat woke up, it yawned and stretched.

verbTo extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.

  • The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
  • And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  • Three varieties of wild rice, O. rufipogon, O. officinalis and O. meyeriana, have been found in China, in a zone stretching from Hainan to Taiwan and from Northern Kwangsi to Ching-hung¹ on the Upper Mekong in Yunnan.1984, Science and Civilization in China, volume 6, Cambridge University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 483

verbTo get more use than expected from a limited resource.

  • I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.

verbTo make inaccurate by exaggeration.

  • To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
  • To say he's been to this park a million times is stretching the numbers. The true number is around 30 or 40.

verbTo make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.

  • Her bizarre explanation really stretches credulity.

More sentences with stretch

  • The string of cars stretched as far as I could see.From the entry string
  • The desert stretched out toward the horizon as if into infinity.From the entry infinity
  • The gym teacher at our school makes us stretch before and after each class.From the entry gym
  • Mute swans need a long stretch of water in order to take off.From the entry take off
  • I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road.From the entry jack-knife
  • The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.From the entry wrinkle
  • I think we're finally on the home stretch with this project.From the entry home stretch
  • We had a layover while waiting to change planes, so we stretched our legs.From the entry layover
  • I needed to stretch my legs after spending all day sitting around in meetings.From the entry stretch one's legs
  • His many embellishings of the tale stretched the credulity of the listeners.From the entry embellishing
  • Please don't stretch out your sweater by pulling it on and off carelessly.From the entry stretch out
  • We need to stretch the water supply out as long as we can.From the entry stretch out
  • The British Prime Minister isn't a monarch by any stretch of the imagination.From the entry by any stretch of the imagination
  • The verded fields stretched as far as the eye could see.From the entry verded
  • The collision occurred on a two-mile stretch of tangent track.From the entry tangent
  • The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years.From the entry history
  • He spent ten years inside, doing a stretch for burglary.From the entry inside
  • It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.From the entry inning
  • Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.From the entry gather
  • I stretched languorously, and then remained in bed.From the entry languorously
  • We only just managed to finish on time by working at full stretch since first thing in the morning.From the entry at full stretch
  • The cat will wake up in a tightly curled position, then untuck her head, and gradually her limbs, and then stretch.From the entry untuck
  • He worked for fifteen hours at a stretch.From the entry at a stretch
  • I got up, stretched, and uncricked my neck.From the entry uncrick
  • Before we start today's session, let's stretch it out!From the entry stretch it out
  • The worker stretch wrapped the pallet of boxes.From the entry stretch wrap
  • Nobody in Cameron's family has stretch marks, and he thinks it's because their tissues grow slowly enough for the skin to catch up.From the entry stretch mark
  • Normally you should be in drive, although you can select a lower gear such as 2 or 1 for certain conditions, such as prolonged downhill stretches.From the entry drive

Meaning of stretch

  1. verb To lengthen by pulling.
  2. verb To lengthen when pulled.
  3. verb To pull tight.

Full definition of stretch

Questions about stretch in a sentence

How do you use stretch in a sentence?
Stretch is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.”
What is a short sentence with stretch?
“Her bizarre explanation really stretches credulity.”
What does stretch mean?
Stretch means to lengthen by pulling.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stretch (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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