Literary notes about Prolonged (AI summary)
The term "prolonged" is employed by writers to emphasize an extended duration or lingering quality in both physical and emotional contexts. It is used to intensify descriptions of sensations, such as a ceaseless cry [1] or a mournful gaze [2], and to underscore drawn-out experiences in historical or strategic settings [3, 4]. The word also enriches narrative atmosphere by lengthening moments of silence or tension, enhancing the impact of a character's suffering or an unfolding event [5, 6]. In essence, "prolonged" imparts a sense of lingering continuity that deepens the reader’s engagement with the unfolding drama and the persistent nature of time itself [7, 8].
- The voice of human nature is nothing but one prolonged cry.
— from The Vicomte de BragelonneOr Ten Years Later being the completion of "The ThreeMusketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas - She leaned her right elbow on the table, and with a prolonged, mournful gaze watched her brother declaiming.
— from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. 7.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi - The conflict of Rome and Persia was prolonged from the death of Craesus to the reign of Heraclius.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - His vigorous nature could not stand this prolonged imprisonment.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne - My arms ached, my back was cramped, and I was trembling with the prolonged terror of a fall.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - Knowledge of the good was not a thing to be got either from books or from others, but was achieved through a prolonged education.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters, and were echoed and prolonged by the mountain waves.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving
