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  • noun Plural form of prolonging.

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Examples

  • -- there again! he cried, in long-drawn, lingering, methodic tones, attuned to the gradual prolongings of the whale's visible jets.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • There again! — there again!” he cried, in long-drawn, lingering, methodic tones, attuned to the gradual prolongings of the whale’s visible jets.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • There again -- there again! "he cried, in long-drawn, lingering, methodic tones, attuned to the gradual prolongings of the whale's visible jets.

    Great Sea Stories Various 1897

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