Stretching Sentence Examples

She came to her feet, stretching her body to its maximum height.

Stretching his arms and yawning, he leaned forward to rise.

She held one hand out and the filly nickered, stretching her nose out to touch the hand cautiously.

You're stretching it out.

He found himself stretching his head back to take in the view.

Mrs. Lincoln hopped up, stretching her lan­guid body and yawning, as if wondering why these two idiots were keeping such late hours.

Yoga is a combination of controlled breathing and muscle stretching.

In that world some structure was still being erected and did not fall, something was still stretching out, and the candle with its red halo was still burning, and the same shirtlike sphinx lay near the door; but besides all this something creaked, there was a whiff of fresh air, and a new white sphinx appeared, standing at the door.

Maybe she was stretching her behavior to the limit, like a slingshot—pulling it tight until it snapped back, with stinging pain.

Using it as a ladder, she climbed on the counter, stretching from her knees to reach the top shelf.

The valley appeared as vast as the sky, both stretching until they met a second range of mountains in the distance.

They were far too busy stretching mus­cles and preparing for the more torturous miles that lay ahead.

But the most distinguishing features of Fermanagh are the Upper and Lower Loughs Erne, which occupy a great extent of its surface, stretching for about 45 m.

There is a magnificent beach stretching 30 m.

At 10 minutes, this yoga routine (although more simple stretching than a real yoga practice) offers the perfect break to re-energize you in the middle of a long workday.

Yoga is also good for stretching, so consider the following seated yoga poses for extending various regions of the body.

Elisabeth's body began to move under the duvet, as if she were stretching.

He heard the distant movement as attackers neared, the adjustment of the men's emplacement, even the loading of arrows and stretching of bows.

Plagued by the ill-formed memories, she looked at the scars lining her arms before stretching for the knife beside the bread.

Forbes drew attention to a certain community amongst birds and other vertebrates, invertebrates, and amongst plants, on all the lands stretching towards the south pole.

This middle kingdom formed a long strip stretching across Europe from the North Sea to Naples, and embraced the whole of the later Netherlands with the exception of the portion on the left bank of the Scheldt, which river was made the boundary of West Francia.

His ambition, however, was boundless, and he set himself to realize the dream of his father - a Burgundian kingdom stretching from the North Sea to the Mediterranean.

By stretching on the island and mainland parallel wire circuits earthed at each end, good telephonic communication over an average distance of 62 m.

When overtaken by a dust-storm it falls on its knees, and stretching its neck along the sand, closes its nostrils and remains thus motionless till the atmosphere clears; and in this position it affords some shelter to its driver, who, wrapping his face in his mantle, crouches behind his beast.

From his reign therefore Antioch may be regarded as a dependency of Jerusalem; and thus the end of Baldwin's reign (1131) may be said to mark the time when the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem stands complete, with its own boundaries stretching from Beirut in the north to el-Arish and Aila in the south, and with the three Frankish powers of the north admitting its suzerainty.

The name Coelesyria (n KmXrt /vpia), no doubt, was applied originally to the valley (" hollow ") between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, but was afterwards extended to the district stretching eastwards from the latter range.

Manning advanced from Obbia in February 1903, and in March got in touch with the northern column, the line of communication stretching over 500 m.

Bhawalpur, a native state of India, within the Punjab, stretching for more than 300 m.

Turkey's Arabian possessions comprise, besides El-Hasa on the Persian Gulf, the low-lying, hot and insalubrious Tehama and the south-western highlands (vilayets of Hejaz and Yemen) stretching continuously along the east side of the Red Sea, and including the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

To the north Heilprin Land and Melville Land were seen stretching northwards, but the probability seemed to be that the coast soon trended north-west.

The east moors, stretching towards the outlet of the Rhymney river, have become an important metallurgical quarter.

More Portuguese troops had been raised, and reinforcements received from England, so that the Allies, without the Spaniards above alluded to, now numbered some 75,000 men, and from near the Coa watched the Douro and Tormes, their line stretching from their left near Lamego to the pass of Banos, Hill being on the right.

To the north of these mountains, stretching towards the Danube, is the Alpine foothill region, composed partly of terraces and partly of swelling undulations, of which the most important is the Hausruckwald.

An experiment by Ewing showed that by the operation of stretching an annealed iron wire beyond the limits of elasticity the permeability under a magnetizing force of about 3 units was reduced by as much as 75%.

Villari in 1868 that the magnetic susceptibility of an iron wire was increased by stretching when the magnetization was below a certain value, but diminished when that value was exceeded; this phenomenon has been termed by Lord Kelvin, who discovered it independently, the " Villari reversal," the value of the magnetization for which stretching by a given load produces no effect being known as the " Villari critical point " for that load.

The Villari critical point for aegiven sample of iron is reached with a smaller magnetizing force when the stretching load is great than when it is small; the reversal also occurs with smaller loads and with weaker fields when the iron is soft than when it is hard.

Since, for example, stretching diminishes 'the magnetization of nickel, it follows from theory that the length of a nickel rod should be diminished by magnetization and conversely.

Elsewhere huge breakwaters had been constructed, the fragments of which may still be seen stretching away for a distance of from 2 to 3 m.

From the valleys their rugged, deeply indented escarpments, stretching away to the horizon, have the appearance of a continuous chain of mountains.

We seem to be justified in assuming that there are many movements of stretching and posturing possible to caterpillars, and that some caterpillars had a congenital fortuitous tendency to one position, some to another, and, finally that among all the variety of habitual movements thus exhibited one has been selected and perpetuated because it coincided with the necessary conditions of safety, since it happened to give the caterpillar an increased resemblance to a twig.

Coming over the Drakensberg in considerable numbers during 1837, the Boers found the land stretching south from the mountains almost deserted, and Retief went to Arrival Dingaan to obtain a formal cession of the country of the west of the Tugela, which river the Zulu recognized as the boundary of Zululand proper.

On the 27th a general move forward took place, the Turks (9th Div.) offering little opposition, and by nightfall the Allies held a line stretching approximately from the north end of Morto Bay to " Gully " beach.

It may be said to spring from the head of the Taghdumbash Pamir, where it unites with the great meridional system of Sarikol stretching northwards, and the yet more impressive mountain barrier of Murtagh, the northern base of which separates China from the semi-independent territory of Kanjut.

The towns of the League, stretching from Thorn and Krakow on the East to the towns of the Zuider Zee on the West, and from Wisby and Reval in the North to Göttingen in the South, were arranged in groups, following in the main the territorial divisions.

It may be taken to include the Nile valley from Assuan near the First Cataract southwards to the confluence of the White and Blue Niles, stretching in this direction for about 560 m.

The central plateau region, stretching between the Majerda valley and the mountains of Gafsa.

Russia, stretching between the lower river Don and the Caspian Sea, through the Don Cossacks territory and between the government of Astrakhan on the .N.

Then a belt of imperial territory stretching from Rimini on the Adriatic, S.W.

In 798 he had concluded an alliance with Alphonso II., king of the Asturias, and a series of campaigns mainly under the leadership of King Louis resulted in the establishment of the " Spanish march," a district between the Pyrenees and the Ebro stretching from Pampeluna to Barcelona, as a defence against the Saracens.

The extension of a basin or trough stretching towards the continent is termed an embayment when relatively wide and a gully when narrow.

It is also customary to use a stretching pulley to keep the rope strained when the pull of the load diminishes.

The valley of Bannu proper, stretching to the foot of the frontier hills, forms an irregular oval, measuring 60 m.

It is a well-wooded tract, in many places stretching out in charming glades like an English park, but it has a very sparse population and little cultivated land.

Washington, chosen by the Continental Congress to command the army, arrived in Cambridge in July 1775, and stretching his lines around Boston, forced its evacuation in March 1776.

On the one hand were the English plantations, populated, cultivated, profitable, stretching along the east coast of North America; on the other were the Canadian settlements, poverty-stricken, empty, over-officialled, a cause of constant expense to the home government, and, at a vast distance, those of Louisiana, struggling and bankrupt.

The absence of good bark, dugout timber, and chisels of stone deprived the whole Mississippi valley of creditable water-craft, and reduced the natives to the clumsy trough for a dugout and miserable bull-boat, made by stretching dressed buffalo hide over a crate.

There the Southern Alps rise range upon range, filling the whole centre, almost or quite touching the western shore, and stretching from end to end of the island.

The chief mountain range is the Erzgebirge, stretching for 90 m.

Among the wooden objects recovered from the relic beds were tubs, plates, ladles and spoons, a flail for threshing corn, a last for stretching shoes of hide, celt handles, clubs, long-bows of yew, floats and implements of fishing and a dug-out canoe 12 ft.

It was, in fact, an island city in an estuary of the Persian Gulf, stretching up into the Arabian plateau.

The descent to the lower district is marked by the Barraconda rapids, formed by a ledge of rock stretching across the river.

At the foot of the grey limestone mass of Mount Mitzekeli (1500 ft.), which forms part of the fine range of hills running north from the Gulf of Arta, there lies a valley (the Hellopia of antiquity) partly occupied by a lake; and the city is built on the slopes of a slight eminence, stretching down to the western shore.

Then succeed the Cerros de los Guatusos, a highland stretching for more than 50 m.

Between the two mountain systems extends a great central area of plains, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico northward, far beyond the national boundary, to the Arctic Ocean.

On the south side of the cloister we have the remains of the old refectory (II), running, as in Benedictine houses, from east to west, and the new refectory (12), which, with the increase of the inmates of the house, superseded it, stretching, as is usual in Cistercian houses, from north to south.

When its vast area stretching from the international boundary to beyond the Arctic circle is opened up, it may be expected to prove the counterpart of the great mining region of the Cordillera in the United States to the south.

He reached Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, but not the great lakes stretching still farther west.

There are good roads, stretching from Augusta for miles in almost every direction.

These boundaries include the grand-duchy of Oldenburg and the free state of Bremen, the former stretching southward from the North Sea nearly to the southern boundary of Hanover.

The town lies on the west side of the bay, Cape St Blaize stretching beyond to the S.E.

It appears to have denoted the territory above Babylonia stretching from Anshan in the southeast north-westwards, across the Tigris-Euphrates district, indefinitely towards Asia Minor.

The landscape in this division of the province is the most typical of Holland; green meadows stretching as far as the eye can see,.

In some cases, as in all the varying hares, in addition to the eyes retaining their normal pigmentation, areas similar in extent and situation to those on the Himalayan rabbits also retain their pigmentation; and in the ptarmigan there is a black band on each side of the head stretching forwards and backwards from the eyeball, and the outer tail feathers are black.

But it is clear that it extended south and south-east of the Stadium, and roughly parallel with it, though stretching far beyond it to the east.

But the most singular esculent lichen of all is the " manna lichen," which in times of drought and famine has served as food for large numbers of men and cattle in the arid steppes of various countries stretching from Algiers to Tartary.

A range of low hills affords shelter on the west and south-west; but on every other side there are drained, though still unhealthy, marshes, stretching away to meet the central Walachian plains.

But in height and importance the ranges that rise therein are much surpassed by a great mountain-chain, stretching from south-eastern France to the borders of Hungary, as well as between the plains of northern Italy and of southern Germany.

Because this pipe is due to the difference in the rates of contraction of interior and exterior, it may be lessened by retarding the cooling of the mass as a whole, and it may be prevented from stretching down deep by retarding the solidification of the upper part of the ingot, as, for instance, by preheating the top of the mould, or by covering the ingot with a mass of burning fuel or of molten slag.

The history of furs can be read in Marco Polo, as he grows eloquent with the description of the rich skins of the khan of Tatary; in the early fathers of the church, who lament their introduction into Rome and Byzantium as an evidence of barbaric and debasing luxury; in the political history of Russia, stretching out a powerful arm over Siberia to secure her rich treasures; in the story of the French occupation of Canada, and the ascent of the St Lawrence to Lake Superior, and the subsequent contest to retain possession against England; in the history of early settlements of New England, New York and Virginia; in Irving's Astoria; in the records of the Hudson's Bay Company; and in the annals of the fairs held at Nizhniy Novgorod and Leipzig.

The Oligocene forms a band stretching from Antwerp to Maastricht, and this is followed towards the north by a discontinuous strip of Miocene and a fairly extensive area of Pliocene.

The streets of Winchester are heavily shaded, the view as presented from the neighbouring hills being that of a continuous forest stretching from the beautiful Mystic Valley parkway (of the Metropolitan park system), of which more than one-half (50.2 acres) is in the southern part of the township, to the Middlesex Fells Reservation (another Metropolitan park), of which 261.9 acres are in the eastern part; and there are a large public playground and a common.

The customs and town dues together amount to a sum equal to the land revenue of the Kandahar province, which is of considerable extent, stretching to Pul-i-Sangin, io m.

The picturesque old town, built on the cliffs above its harbour, consists of one street stretching for about a mile through a network of lanes.

While all the larger cities and most of the manufacturing and farming districts of the province belong to old Ontario, there is now in process of development a "New Ontario," stretching for hundreds of miles to the north and north-west of the region just described and covering a far larger area, chiefly made up of Laurentian and Huronian rocks of the Archaean protaxis.

When the house of Babenberg became extinct in 1246, Austria, stretching from Passau almost to Pressburg, had the frontiers which it retains to-day, and this increase of territory had been accompanied by a corresponding increase in wealth and general prosperity.

Starting from Cairo and going southward we have first the great pyramid-field, with the necropolis of Memphis as its centre; stretching from Abfl Rosh on the north to Lisht on the south, it is followed by the pyramid group of Dahshur, the more isolated pyramids of Medum and Illahun, and that of Hawgra in the Fayum.

Mehemet Ali now ruled over a virtually independent empire, subject only to a moderate tribute, stretching from the Sudan to the Taurus Mountains.

Stretching of the muscles antagonistic to the extensors - namely, of the flexor muscles - reduces the jerk by inhibiting the extensor spinal nerve cells through the nervous impulses generated by the tense flexor muscles.

Of the valleys, the most distinguished for beauty is that of the Usk, stretching from east to west and dividing the county into two nearly equal portions.

The District Of Chingleput surrounds the city of Madras, stretching along the coast for about 115 m.

The Inner Hebrides form a much less definite group. They may be regarded as beginning with the Shiant Isles in the Minch and stretching to the southern headlands of Islay, and their irregularity has no doubt been chiefly brought about by the remarkable diversity of geological structure.

Thus Palestine lay at the gate of Arabia and Egypt, and at the tail end of a number of small states stretching up into Asia Minor; it was encircled by the famous ancient civilizations of Babylonia,.

The next king confirmed this and appointed Simon military commander of the district stretching from Tyre to Egypt.

Stretching south-eastwards from the delta of the Irrawaddy, a confused succession of little explored ranges separates the Burmese division of Tenasserim from the native kingdom of Siam.

The Vindhyas, however, are made up of several distinct hill systems. Two sacred peaks guard the flanks in the extreme east and west, with a succession of ranges stretching 800 m.

A French attack on the town was repulsed in 1404, and in 1485 the burgesses received a royal grant of 40 for walling the town and stretching a chain across the river mouth.

Its mainland portion consists of a peninsula stretching southwards from Manchuria, with an estimated length of about 600 m., an extreme breadth of 135 m., and a coast-line of 17 4 0 m.

In ancient Persia the rainbow was the celestial serpent, and among some African tribes it is the subterranean wealth-conferring serpent, stretching its head to the clouds, and spilling the rain in its greedy thirst.'

Nicaragua forms an irregular equilateral triangle with its base stretching for 280 m.

Along the south-eastern margin, in front of the Taurus, stands a line of great volcanoes, stretching from Kara-Dagh to Argaeus.

In the Yonne are made chiefly the white wines known to us as Chablis; in the Saone-et-Loire are made the red and white wines of Macon, and there is also, stretching into the department of the Rhone, the district producing the Beaujolais wines.

It is apparently the northern limit of what was once a vast basaltic plain stretching from Goona to Belgaum, "one of the most gigantic outpourings of volcanic matter in the world."

The chief inlets are the mouth of the Dee, dividing Flint from Cheshire; the Menai Straits, separating Anglesea from the mainland; Carnarvon Bay; Cardigan Bay, stretching from Braich-y-Pwll to St Davids Head; St Brides Bay; Milford Haven; Carmarthen Bay; and Swansea Bay.

But the most important result of this first Norman invasion was to be found in the marvellous and rapid success of Robert Fitz-Hamon, earl of Gloucester, who, accompanied by a number of knightly adventurers, quickly overran South Wales, and erected a chain of castles stretching from the Wye to Milford Haven.

It thus grew into the principal city of an extensive province of the same name, stretching westward to the sea, and comprehending nearly the whole of the territory now comprised within the northern division of the presidency of Bombay.

Such a line of through communication, binding together the different provinces forming the long narrow strip of territory stretching along more than 2000 m.

There were indeed vassal states on every hand, but the actual possessions of the kingsthe provinces governed by their satrapsconsisted of a rather narrow strip of land, stretching from the Euphrates and north Babylonia through southern Media and Parthia as far as Arachosia (north-west Afghanistan), and following the course of the great trade-route which from time immemorial had carried the traffic between the west of Asia and India.

Empire stretching from the Caspian to the Yellow Sea was divided up among his sons.

Twice in the period 700 -500 B.C. the city owed its preservation to the interference of the goddess; once when the swarms of the Cimmerians overran Asia Minor in the 7th century and burnt the Artemision itself; and once when Croesus besieged the town in the century succeeding, and only retired after it had solemnly dedicated itself to Artemis, the sign of such dedication being the stretching of a rope from city to sanctuary.

The pain is due to stretching of the nerve fibrils or compression of them by the turgid vessels in the swollen tissues.

It then leaves the river and diverges northwards, so as to include a section of the plain country stretching away towards Lake Ab-i-Istada, before returning to the skirts of the hills.

Secondly, to the west of this mountain wilderness, stretching upwards from the sea in a wedge form between the Brahui highlands and the group of towering peaks which enclose the Hingol river and abut on the sea at Malan, are the alluvial flats and delta of the Purali, forming the little province of Las Bela, the home of the Las Rajput.

The Serra Grandola and Monte Cereal, two low ranges stretching from north to south, skirt the coast of southern Estremadura.

After 1565, when the power of Vijayanagar was broken at the battle of Talikot, a Mussulman coalition was at last formed, and the Portuguese were confronted by a line of hostile states stretching from Gujarat to Achin; but by this time they were strong enough to hold their own.

West of the Cordillera Oriental, where special conditions prevail, a great desert plateau stretches entirely across one corner of the republic. Apart from the Andean system there is a group of low, broken, gneiss ranges stretching along the east side of Bolivia among the upper affluents of the Mamore and Guapore, which appear to belong to the older Brazilian orographic system, from which they have been separated by the erosive action of water.

Stretching inland to the north along the river for some 3 m.

The course intersects the so-called Devil's Ditch or Dyke (sometimes also known as St Edmund's Dyke), an earthwork consisting of a ditch and mound stretching almost straight for 5 m.

Siberia, stretching from the land of the Chukchis S.S.W.

The mountain-ranges of the interior of Bohemia are the Brdywald (2798 ft.) in the middle; the Tepler Gebirge (2657 ft.), the Karsbader Gebirge (3057 ft.) and the Kaiserwald (3238 ft.), in the north-west part; while the northern corner is occupied by the Mittelgebirge (2739 ft.), a volcanic massif, stretching on both sides of the Elbe.

In the lovely valley so formed, and stretching into the plain beyond, lies Salzburg.

Of the last, occurring mainly in the north, the chief are the longitudinal valley stretching from near the Herat frontier through Meshed, Kuchan and Shirvan to Bujnurd, the Derrehgez district, which lies on the northern skirt of the outer range projecting into the Akhal Tekkeh domain, now Russian territory, and the districts of Nishapur and Sabzevar which lie south of the Binalud and Jagatai ranges.

Neither did the giraffe acquire its long neck by desiring to reach the foliage of more lofty shrubs, and constantly stretching its neck for the purpose, but because any varieties which occurred among its antitypes with a longer neck than usual at once secured a fresh range of pasture over the same ground as their shorter-necked companions, and on the first scarcity of food were thereby enabled to outlive them."

The fine bay in front of the city, affording a safe and commodious harbour, is formed by an island stretching along the south of it.

Stretching in a semicircle round the broad campus are the library, the medical building, the biology building and museum, the school of practical science, the geology and chemistry buildings and the convocation hall, their architecture varying very greatly, beauty having been sacrificed to more practical considerations; the magnetic observatory is also in the grounds, but is overshadowed by some of the more recent erections.

The alternate stretching of the superior and inferior elastic bands contributes to the continuous play of the wing, by preventing dead points at the end of the down and up strokes.

In dress and mode of life they have adopted outwardly civilized customs. From the position of the Aleutian islands, stretching like a broken bridge from Asia to America, some ethnologists have supposed that by means of them America was first peopled.

Farther east come the Bogos tableland, stretching from south-south-west to east-north-east between the Andian Koisu and the Av.

A breakwater stretching in a northerly direction from the north-east corner of the island partially enclosed a large area of water naturally sheltered on the south and west.

There were several important commercial routes from the city, stretching as far east as India and China.

Desolation Land was supposed by Cook to form a continuous mass stretching from the western entrance of Magellan Strait to Cockburn Channel, but it actually consists of several islands, separated from each other by very narrow channels flowing between the Pacific and the western branch of Magellan Strait.

On the west side lies Lago Superiore, on the east side Lago Inferiore - the boundary between the two being marked by the Argine del Mulino, a long mole stretching northward from the northwest angle of the city to the citadel.

The name Bengal is derived from Sanskrit geography, and applies strictly to the country stretching southwards from Bhagalpur to the sea.

A neck of land stretching towards the south-west forms the harbour on its eastern side, sheltering it from the force of the open sea, and enclosing an expanse of water from 5 to 7 m.

It consists of a single inclined plane stretching upwards, with a north-westerly direction, from the left bank of the river to the summits of the Carpathians.

Kavala is built on a promontory stretching south into the bay, and opposite the island of Thasos.

At the northern extremity of the town a precipitous rock, the Rocher des Doms, rises from the river's edge and forms a plateau stretching southwards nearly to the Place de l'Hotel de Ville.

These fissures are in vertical planes stretching entirely across the puddle trench, and reaching in one case, aa, nearly to the highest level at which the reservoir had been worked for seventeen years after the leakage had been discovered.

From the hill that rises behind the tomb there is a noble prospect of his beloved city, and of the all-fruitful plain stretching to the north of it.

The Cheviot takes its name from the range of hills stretching along the boundary between England and Scotland, on both sides of which the breed now extends, though larger types are produced in East Lothian and in Sutherlandshire.

This latter charge, though proved to the satisfaction of the committees of both Houses of Parliament, broke down under the cross-examination of the government witnesses by the counsel for the defence, and could indeed only have been substantiated by a dangerous stretching of the doctrine of constructive treason.

For Aeschylus (Supplices 1, sqq.) Pelasgus is earthborn, as in Asius, and rules a kingdom stretching from Argos to Dodona and the Strymon; but in Prometheus 879, the "Pelasgian" land simply means Argos.

The chief mountains are the Black Forest on the west, the Swabian Jura or Rauhe Alb stretching across the middle of the country from south-west to north-east, and the Adelegg Mountains in the extreme south-east, adjoining the Algau Alps in Bavaria.

Landward are three lines of defence, the inner line stretching completely across the isthmus.

The west continuation of the Kunghei Ala-tau is the Alexander range, which in its turn bifurcates into the Talas-tau and the Kara-tau, this last stretching far out into the desert beside the Syr-.

Closely connected with the Khan-tengri knot are the Khalyk-tau on the east, and on the west three diverging lines of elevation, namely the Terskei Ala-tau or Kirghiz Ala-tau, overhanging the south shore of Issyk-kul; the Kokshal-tau, stretching away southwest as far as the Terez Mountains between Kashgar and Ferghana; and, intermediate between these two, the successive ranges of the Sary-jas, Kulu-tau, and Ak-shiryak.

Turning to the Congo basin in the south, the great Luba and Lunda peoples are found stretching nearly across the continent, the latter, from at any rate the end of the 16th century until the close of the 19th century, more or less united under a single ruler, styled Muata Yanvo.

It consists of a vast plain stretching up from the sea between the To or China Bakir mouth of the Irrawaddy and the Pegu Yomas.

The fosses have been filled up and the ramparts in part levelled to make way, as the suburbs extended, for avenues stretching out on all sides.

The greater part of the interior of Spain is composed of a table-land bounded by the Cantabrian Mountains in the north and the Sierra Morena in the south, and divided into two by a series Central of mountain ranges stretching on the whole from east Table-land to west.

The Pathans of the Indian borderland inhabit the mountainous country on the Punjab frontier, stretching northwards from a line drawn roughly across the southern border of the Dera Ismail Khan district.

Stretching eastward as far as the Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious bay of Aboukir, where on the 1st of August 1798 Nelson fought the battle of the Nile, often referred to as the battle of Aboukir.

This plateau itself again rests upon a more extended tableland, stretching westwards, and, with the Middlesex Plains, the Hampshire Hills and the Emu Plains, maintaining an altitude of 1200 to 2000 feet.

The shockwaves faded, and she stood in the middle of an intersection, stretching out with her Guardian senses to find some kind of life.

Maybe she was stretching her behavior to the limit, like a slingshot—pulling it tight until it snapped back, with stinging pain.

In the street outside, runners were stretching and signing in for the five K race, which would begin shortly.

Stretching out on the bed, Deidre was tired but not ready to sleep yet.

After doing some stretching exercises and setting his bike's trip odometer, he began, slowly at first, to swing into his rhythmic cadence of 70 revs per minute, maintaining the pace by shifting gears as the country hills rolled beneath his wheels.

There are low-impact aerobics or stretching classes designed specifically for pregnancy - ask at your local leisure center for details.

This stretching is to allow for lengthening of the graft when distended with arterial blood.

This is stretching the credulity of most people to the absolute limit.

To a small child it seemed like a maze of heavy green drapery stretching out to the sun.

Parents with elastic Find ways of ' stretching the elastic ' of independence from day one.

The better you prepare your perineal tissues for stretching, the less likely they are to tear, or to need an episiotomy.

These stretching exercises, which may be performed in the home with the help of a therapist, are the treatment of choice.

The way these mechanisms are utilized will be discussed below under the heading of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) type stretching.

The truth about stretching New research shows that stretching can aid in the prevention of injury of stress factures that plague distance runners.

When you are comfortable doing this you can start gentle running and stretching.

I tried to express this interest in the medium of glass by casting then stretching the cast piece in the kiln a second time.

Born in 1863, it has grown into a vast subterranean labyrinth with even vaster tentacles stretching out over the surface of the Earth.

Stretching altest 6,000 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok, the very name of this engineering marvel evokes images of exotic, adventurous, travel.

He had copious reserves of coal stretching northwards from Worsley.

Fraser Island is the largest sandbar in the world, stretching for 120 km.

There is extensive acacia woodland savanna in the center stretching east from Ikoma and some gallery forest along the rivers.

Stretching Stretching the leg muscles before and after exercise helps prevent shin splints.

Burnley continued their poor start to 2006 with defeat to local rivals Preston, stretching their winless streak to six games.

There was a bench of wooden struts stretching along the back wall for our beds.

Your doctor may also recommend stretching exercises if your child has torticollis.

For an example stretching the triceps, requires the biceps to contract.

I see rows of racks stretching out in front of me, little lights twinkling.

They help to ensure uniformity of the thin, stretching layers.

The initial physical work will include a warm-up with elements of yoga, stretching, aerobic, circuit training.

Do not ever start a circuit training routine without a thorough warm-up that includes dynamic stretching.

The site sits at the west end of the Vale of Pewsey with a commanding view across the flat plain stretching westwards from Devizes.

We contacted windjammer reached high stretching to battle terrorism writers on terrorism.

Stretching virtually the length of the park is an enormous zip wire.

Laristan consists mainly of mountain ranges in the north and east, and of arid plains varied with rocky hills and sandy valleys stretching thence to the coast.

Its prevailing aspect is characterized by flat and terraced hills, capped by desert sandstone, with stone-covered flats stretching over long distances.

There is another very dense forest stretching with little interruption from the eastern side of the St Paul's river nearly to the Cavalla.

In this way the kingdom of Jerusalem expanded until it came to embrace a territory stretching along the coast from Beirut (captured in IIIo 3) to el-Arish on the confines of Egypt - a territory whose strength lay not in Judaea, like the ancient kingdom of David, but, somewhat paradoxically (though commercial motives explain the paradox), in Phoenicia and the land of the Philistines.

The surrounding rampart of mountains was broken towards the north-east by an open tract stretching between Hymettus and Pentelicus towards Marathon, and was traversed by the passes of Decelea, Phyle and Daphne on the north and north-west, but the distance between these natural passages and the city was sufficient to obviate the danger of surprise by an invading land force.

Scarcely a shot had since the beginning of Dec. been fired after dark by the British; Australasian and Indian troops, who were holding the long line stretching from the Gulf of Saros to near Gaba Tepe, so as to accustom the foe to quietude during the night watches.

The spirit of courage and endurance which had enabled the Czechoslovaks to achieve their independence was now to inspire a further work of no mean significance - the consolidation of a free, democratic and enlightened republic in the heart of Europe, the most westerly outpost of the great Slavonic world stretching from the banks of the Elbe and the Danube to the Pacific Ocean, and at the same time a nation bound by ties of gratitude and common interest to the Anglo-Saxon and Latin races.

The marsh then becomes a great lake, the water surface stretching beyond the horizon, while in the dry season a mirage is often seen.

Vathy (Ba®iu="deep"), the chief town and port of the island, lies at the northern foot of Mount Stephanos, its whitewashed houses stretching for about a mile round the deep bay in the Gulf of Molo, to which it owes its name.

He did much to justify the trust placed in him, for the period of Frederick Henry is the most brilliant in the history of the Dutch Republic. During his time the East India Company, which had founded the town of Batavia in Java as their administrative capital, under a succession of able governorgenerals almost monopolized the trade of the entire Orient, made many conquests and established a network of factories and trade posts stretching from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan (see Dutch East India Company).

In 1818 the forfeited possessions of the Peshwa added to their extent; and these acquisitions, with others which have more recently fallen to the paramount power by cession, conquest or failure of heirs, form a continuous territory stretching from the Nerbudda to Cape Comorin.

The old province, stretching widely across the valley of the Ganges from the frontier of Nepal to the hills of Chota Nagpur, corresponds to the two administrative divisions of Patna and Bhagalpur, with a total area of 44,197 sq.

It is a level, straight-backed line of sombre mountain ridge, from the crest of which, as from a wall, the extraordinary configuration of that immense loess deposit called the Chul can be seen stretching away northwards to the Oxus - ridge upon ridge, wave upon wave, like a vast yellow-grey sea of storm-twisted billows.

The picturesqueness of the chimney stacks and tumble-down walls of the burned-out quarters of the town, stretching out and concealing one another, reminded him of the Rhine and the Colosseum.

The boy with the thin neck stretching out from the turn-down collar-- whom everyone had forgotten--gazed at Pierre with even greater and more rapturous joy.

Relaxed, passive stretching prepares your muscles for the quiescent period which follows your workout.

This massage helps to rejuvenate the skin by stretching muscles all over the body.

Stretching rheometers of the sort defined by ISO/DIS 20965 [13, 14] fit into the first category.

For your age, is it not shameful on your part to indulge in such a sacrilegious act of stretching your legs toward God?

Which town has left you shuddering at the sight of gray estates stretching out into the distance?

The manager will take solace in signing a new contract at the club, stretching to June 2010, within the next 24 hours.

Tho technically this may have been just about possible, during this time period it is stretching credulity a little far.

A tailback of traffic stretching several kilometers is reported to the east of the city.

All testify to the unpopularity of the Iraq war stretching through all ranks.

The coastline is rugged, with treacherous reefs stretching far out to sea to wreck unwary ships.

Stretching each morning will make you more supple and help you wake up.

Most manufacturers suggest handwashing and air-drying to reduce the risk of your bra shrinking and/or stretching out of shape.

In fact, once you bring your baby home from the hospital, it's important that your baby have periods of time each day to exercise by stretching out on her tummy and her back.

For most cats, stretching netting over the baby's bed is enough of a deterrent.

Do remember that different materials stretch in different manners, and if you are factoring in some stretching on the part of the sneaker, always ask the store executive for advice and suggestions.

In some cases, customers recommend using stretching products in conjunction with the heel pads for the best results.

It may stretching the reading abilities of some fifth-graders, but Hatchet is a completely absorbing story that's definitely worth the time it takes to finish.

This low style is probably the most relaxing of all the kinds of lawn chairs out there because it mimics the experience of actually lying down and stretching your legs out on the grass.

Choose from natural stress relievers, positive thinking, stretching and exercising, and games.

Yoga - Yoga is an Eastern discipline of stretching that clears and focuses the mind while pushing the body.

The exercise could be as simple as gently stretching your neck muscles by slowly rolling your head from side to side or around in a circle.

Exercise could also include a brisk walk, a workout session or full body stretching exercises.

These series are heavy on action, and tend to involve stories stretching over several seasons - the most popular series have over 100 episodes.

Pilates, Yoga or a combination of the two - combines stretching and controlled breathing to tone your body without the impact on your joints of running or aerobics.

In a classroom, arrange that when someone coughs or stretching his/her hands up, the whole class will drop a pencil at the same time.

You also need to end your work with a cool down such as stretching.

Carefully moving it prevents tearing or stretching.

Use gentle strokes to prevent tearing or stretching the icing.

If covering a square cake, follow the same process and sharpen the corners if necessary by gently stretching them.

Stretching your abilities is always a fun challenge, as long as you have the time to hone your ideas.

Common classes, such as stretching and step aerobics, are often offered at no charge, while there is a minimal fee for more innovative classes including spinning and kickboxing.

With 14 decks stretching 1,132 feet in length, the QM2 can comfortably serve more than 2,600 passengers per voyage.

America, stretching from far east of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from Northern Mexico to British America.

Much like acoustic guitars for kids, children's electric guitars are smaller than full size guitars so that kids can comfortably play the guitar without stretching.

Retune your guitar after stretching the strings.

The last time you tune your guitar after stretching your strings three times, make sure you tune as accurately as possible as you are now ready to start playing again.

Repeat the tuning and stretching process a total of three times.

When you pull, you'll be stretching the thick electrical wires.

They are easy to care for and keep their shape without stretching and will not shrink.

Hemp holds its shape extremely well, meaning less stretching and better durability.

The suit should remain in place when walking, sitting, squatting, or stretching; swimsuits that move too much will leave women preoccupied with keeping their suits in place rather than enjoying summer activities.

The fabric is made for comfort, easy stretching and quick drying.

Ribbed knitting is ideal in that it is an easy stitch and creates a snug item - unlike some home-knitted items that can end up stretching out, something ribbed will stay in place for years, if not decades.

The reinforcement is made from thicker layers of tougher fabric, such as cotton, that absorb the extra wear and tear that comes naturally through bending, stretching and walking.

Before you go outside to remove snow and ice take a few minutes to warm up your muscles by doing light exercise or stretching.

Do not try to put heavy objects on shelves that are over your head by reaching or stretching.

They create movement, stretching, and help increase your heart rate.

Your chair exercise classes will provide a variety of stretching and toning.

Many of your excercises will involve stretching your arms, fingers, legs and torso.

Stretching is an important step to take before beginning any exercise.

The workout involves modified yoga excercises and sometimes uses two chairs for stretching.

Even if it's been a while since you've been active, try these methods for stretching after your daily exercise.

The Mayo Clinic website has an instructional stretching slide show.

Some seniors try yoga as a form of stretching, but the center may also have specialized classes for you to join.

About.com Senior Living - Visit this link for strength, balance, stretching, and endurance activities.

Stretching and balance - Try Tai Chi, Pilates and yoga.

Stretching their limited budgets to include small luxuries such as visits to the hair salon, afternoon movie matinees or favorite edible delicacies is often impossible.

Think about stretching and even hand and eye movements that can be done as a way to connect to the body.

Rather, you'll improve your overall mental well-being even if you do minimal amounts of routine exercise, such as stretching or lifting weights.

Stretching exercises are important to keep you flexible.

Besides the health benefits, stretching just feels good.

Yoga and other exercise programs - Physical exercise and stretching will improve overall health and help residents maintain positive mental attitudes.

Yoga/simple stretching exercises - Patients with dementia, who can follow basic instructions, may be able to participate in simple exercise routines.

From shopping for groceries and eating in fast food restaurants to airline travel and hotel stays, discounts for senior citizens are a great way of stretching your dollars and getting the most for your money.

Seniors are on fixed incomes and know the value of stretching a dollar.

Stretching outdoors or in a peaceful place in your house is a low impact fitness activity that can relieve minor aches and pains and keep your muscles toned.

While CPAP treatments alone cannot cure obstructive sleep apnea, if the apnea is caused by excessive fat in the neck and soft tissue stretching, losing weight may decrease incidence and help the patient sleep more soundly.

The stretching can be done while sitting on the side of your bed, by spending a few minutes on a treadmill or stationary bike before you get into bed.

Movement - The muscle may uncramp more quickly if you pull your toes up, stretching your calf muscles.

You should talk with your doctor about any nighttime leg cramps if stretching isn't alleviating your cramping or if the cramping starts to become more severe, more frequent, causing many nights of interrupted sleep or muscle weakness.

Frequent stretching can prevent and alleviate the pain.

If you are traveling alone, make a point to break every three to four hours for walking, stretching and getting the blood pumping.

The stretching can increase blood flow to the region and help the muscles relax.

You participate in strength exercises like push ups; yoga stretching exercises; and balance exercises.

It also prevents game developers from stretching the Xbox 360's limits by caching data to the hard drive in the form of virtual memory - something every PC does with regularity.

Spastic muscles are resistant to the normal stretching that occurs during use and may remain contracted for long periods.

For limbs that have "fallen asleep," restoring circulation by stretching, exercising, or massaging the affected limb can quickly dissipate the numbness and tingling.

They should recommend stretching and exercise and if relief does not come quickly, investigate other causes, such as clothing that is too tight.

Stretching is best performed following a warm-up and/or at the completion of an exercise session or sport.

Appropriate warm-up exercises include walking, light calisthenics, and stretching.

Most cases of simple cramps require no treatment other than patience and stretching.

Gently and gradually stretching and massaging the affected muscle may ease the pain and hasten recovery.

The Ponseti method of stretching and casting has been used with increasing success since the 1990s.

No matter what the form of specific training or sport activity, stretching and flexibility drills should be included in any pre-participation or warm-up program, even in the very young.

Bronchiectasis-A disorder of the bronchial tubes marked by abnormal stretching, enlargement, or destruction of the walls.

This could be due to the stretching of the opening of the uterus or the fact that birth improves the uterine blood supply and muscle activity.

Torticollis is unlikely to recur if stretching and flexibility exercises for the neck are continued.

Students should spend an adequate amount of time warming up and stretching.

Stretching your dancers creatively is a wonderful thing, however pushing them past what they are capable of is often a recipe for disaster.

In order to do this, all dancers simply raise their arms over their heads (instead of stretching them out to the sides) without letting go of their neighbors' hands and walking towards the middle of the circle instead of to the side.

With one foot turned out, raise your opposite leg in the air, stretching the body forward.

Children's jazz dance classes focus on stretching and warm-ups, across the floor steps, and refined technique through choreography.

Scalp reduction involves removing some of the bald skin and then stretching the remaining skin over the area.

While many thick haired ladies were also born with natural curl, others find adding texture is nearly impossible without the weight of their locks stretching out their waves.

Interest only loans are not recommended by financial advisors for First Home Mortgages or buyers who are stretching to get their dream homes due to the risk of foreclosure.

If you are already stretching your finances to the limit then you may find that owning a home pushes you over the edge into real financial problems.

Other movement, such as swimming, gentle stretching, or other low-impact exercise can have a similar effect in speeding up or bringing on labor and childbirth.

Effacement--a doctor's exam will reveal the cervix thinning and stretching as a woman's body prepares to expel the baby.

It's stretching to accommodate the growing fetus and is changing to support the ongoing pregnancy.

The muscles below your uterus are also adapting and stretching beyond their usual size.

Other physical activities that may put you into labor are swimming, stretching, dancing, jumping slightly on a trampoline, and other low impact exercise.

Prepare by doing some ankle and calf stretching first.

Calf stretching is especially important, because the use of any swim fins can cause a Charlie horse.

You can avoid those painful cramps both by eating a lot of potassium and by stretching before and after your swim.

Most rings can be sized by stretching or compressing the ring band.

While the whole wedding process is steeped in traditions, often with the roots of the traditions stretching back over centuries, many couples today want to do their own thing and not be governed by engagement etiquette.

While it is true that the more places you submit, then eventually some place will accept you, it is better to start in your comfort area before stretching into places you've never been.

However, with the laptop market stretching past corporate America, many young people are requiring a little pizzazz to make the most of their portable cyber experience.

Many of those born under this sun sign are singers and enjoy stretching their vocal chords regularly.

If you have girls entering the tweens stage, one foot in childhood with the other stretching to take that big step into the teenage years, makeup games for girls are probably on the wish list.

Through participation in the IronKids events, kids will learn training, stretching, racing and nutrition tips which are key tools for kids to keep healthy both physically and mentally.

Throughout the early 1900s, the facility became a central treatment facility for the State's mentally ill, with many buildings stretching out over a large acreage.

If the products aren't on sale this week, they may be next week, stretching your dollar and adding to your savings.

These often fit snugly enough for even the thinnest calves since they're made small with the intent of stretching (they just may not stretch if you're extremely thin).

This type of stretcher is marketed as a method of stretching the toe area of the shoe.

This type of stretching is most common in boots.

While you may not use the high heel stretcher only when it comes to stretching out your tallest pumps, boots, or other styles of shoes, you can get one specifically meant for high heels here.

One striking design has the eagle centered on the shoulder, with other design elements stretching around to the back.

Try breaking the image in half and wearing it stretching across both hands, or both feet.