Dragged-on Sentence Examples

The afternoon dragged on.

The moment dragged on.

He didn't answer and silence dragged on.

Before she was six years old negotiations were opened, which dragged on for several years, for marrying the princess to James IV.

The war, meanwhile, dragged on.

During the next four years the Franco-Spanish war dragged on in Lombardy until the decisive battle of Pavia in 1525, when Francis was taken prisoner, and Italy lay open to the Spanish armies.

The peace negotiations after the dragged on for several months, involving two changes of ministry, and DAzeglio became premier.

He began war therefore in 1514 and at once captured Smolensk, but in the following year he was defeated, and the war dragged on during more than seven years, with varying successes and without any important result.

This dispute dragged on till 1607, when Tyrone arranged to go to London to submit the matter to the king.

Although Owen Roe O'Neill possessed the qualities of a general, the struggle dragged on inconclusively for three or four years.

Civil war dragged on for many years - long after the deaths of the first leaders - but Taufaahau, who became king in 1845 under the name of George Tupou I., proved a strong ruler.

But the negotiations dragged on without result; the war continued with hideous barbarities on both sides; and it was not until the 1st of June 1562 that it was concluded by the treaty signed at Prague by Ferdinand, now emperor.

In the meanwhile the Pisan war dragged on without much headway being made.

The war dragged on with varying success, until the severe defeat of the allies at Marsiglia and their selfish neglect of Victor's interests induced him to open negotiations with France once more.

The process dragged on.

A disagreement with his patron shortly after resulted in Lessing's sudden dismissal; he demanded compensation and, although in the end the court decided in his favour, it was not until the case had dragged on for about six years.

While the war with Scotland dragged on through the early years of the reign of Edward II., the fortification of Berwick was a matter of importance, and in 1317 the mayor and bailiffs undertook to defend it for the yearly sum of 6000 marks; but in the following year, "owing to their default," the Scots entered and occupied it in spite of a truce between the two kingdoms. After Edward III.

The Wahhabi War, indeed, dragged on till 1818, when Ibrahim (q.v.), the pasha's son, who in 1816 had driven the remnant of the Mamelukes into Nubia, brought it to an end.

For eight years (1621-29) the exhausting and expensive Polish war dragged on.

The affair dragged on from 1713 to 1716, when the examination of the Solov'evs' books, and the subsequent application of torture, revealed the fact that the Solov'evs had systematically robbed the Treasury of 675,000 roubles (1 rouble then = 5s.) and had accumulated a fortune of half a million.

The litigation that ensued dragged on for several years, and forced upon Leonardo frequent visits to Florence and interruptions of his work at Milan, in spite of pressing letters to the authorities of the republic from Charles d'Amboise, from the French king himself, and from others of his powerful friends and patrons, begging that the proceedings might be accelerated.

The Polish war dragged on for six years longer and was then concluded by a truce, nominally for thirteen years, which proved the most durable of treaties.

And so began a protracted courtship which dragged on for weeks, fraying the nerves of all connected with the club.

Through John J, funky drummer Martin was dragged on board.

The lecture dragged on for what seemed an eternity.

No sooner had he made peace with the Poles and failed to get himself elected as their king, than he began a war with the Swedes which dragged on for more than a decade (1572-1583), and before it was ended he was again at war with Poland (1 57981).

The sorry saga that has surrounded the building of a new stadium has dragged on for too long.

Rather, it dragged on in whimpers of pain and the humiliations of the sick room.