(1) The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching.

(2) Is there any way of stretching shoes?

(3) You're stretching my patience to the limit.

(4) Brushing wet hair can cause stretching and breakage.

(5) Yoga involves breathing exercises, stretching, and meditation.

(6) Sit on the floor, stretching your legs out in front of you.

(7) Make sure no awkward stretching is required.

(8) The dog is stretching itself.

(9) Liz went back into the kitchen, stretching lazily.

(10) Stretching exercises will help your flexibility.

(11) "I'm so tired, " she said, yawning and stretching.

(12) Try stretching your legs and pulling your toes upwards.

(13) He started me off with some stretching exercises.

(14) The drought there is stretching American resources.

(15) Stretching exercises can help avoid injury.

(16) They're used to stretching their budgets.

(17) These trees have pedigrees stretching back thousands of years.

(18) There was a caterers'buffet stretching all around the dining room.

(19) Stretching out her tired limbs, she felt the tensions of the day drain away.

(20) The exercise consists of stretching and contracting the leg muscles.

(21) Tendons store elastic energy by stretching and then snapping back into shape like rubber bands.

(22) There was a long queue of traffic stretching down the road.

(23) Stretching exercises can help you avoid injury and improve your game.

(24) He was accused of stretching the truth about how much he had helped in the project.

(25) He's a good player, but 'world class' is stretching it.

(26) The sight of the Grand Canyon stretching out before them filled them with wonder.

(27) She's very clever, but it's stretching it a bit to call her a genius.

(28) They claim to be the biggest company in the world, which is stretching a point, but it's true if you include their subsidiaries.

(29) They lay in the cliff top grass with the sea stretching out far below.

(30) He wanted to amortize his fixed rental cost by stretching the operating hours.

(1) The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching.

(2) Is there any way of stretching shoes?

(3) You're stretching my patience to the limit.

(4) Brushing wet hair can cause stretching and breakage.

(5) Yoga involves breathing exercises, stretching, and meditation.

(6) Sit on the floor, stretching your legs out in front of you.

(7) These trees have pedigrees stretching back thousands of years.

(8) There was a caterers'buffet stretching all around the dining room.

(9) He wanted to amortize his fixed rental cost by stretching the operating hours.

(31) "I'm pooped," said Homer, stretching out on his bunk.

(32) It consisted of stretching the Achilles tendon.

(33) The next stretching exercise involves two people.

(34) This implies grants stretching over at least two generations.

(35) He stepped towards her, his face stretching.

(36) But we are stretching a point, you might argue.

(37) Stretching out a hand, he purchased a choc-ice.

(38) Are we stretching our lines too far?

(39) Start your workout with some gentle stretching exercises.

(40) Extensive stretching of the crust above these granite intrusions produces a faulted terrain with active volcanoes.

(41) Stretching southwards is the well kept lawn with its fine topiary work.

(42) There are many historic sites to choose from, stretching from the Borders to Shetland.

(43) Silhouetted sticks of rotted snow barriers emphasise godforsaken desert stretching for endless miles.

(44) At this point, I gaze about the room, stretching a bit.

(45) Steel arms, called tendons, horizontally bisect a building's core, stretching like ribs between beams in the walls.

(46) We now have an accurate temperature sequence stretching back 23 million years which reflects climate change on a global scale.

(47) Stretching plus folding lead to mixing by distancing neighboring points and bringing distant points into close proximity.

(48) However, incorrect stretching can cause untold damage and even permanent injuries in extreme cases.

(49) This is perhaps understandable, but it is stretching credulity to expect us to bless it as the highest human freedom.

(50) The underground realm was connected by tunnels stretching from the far north to the south beyond the Old World itself.

(51) The episodes occurred intermittently for up to five hours, and were accompanied by frequent stretching and yawning.

(52) She felt as if she were lying naked on a hot rock, stretching languorously towards the sun.

(53) Tension in the hands and feet can be eased by alternately stretching and clenching fingers and toes half a dozen times.

(54) If you are not regularly stretching your body aerobically in some form of continuous whole body exercise, then you are sedentary.

(55) This mutual stretching of personas is what works best in the new romantic comedy about a couple of blue-collar thieves.

(55) try its best to collect and build good sentences.

(56) He relinquished her hand and stood, stretching the tiredness from his muscles.

(57) There were poppy fields stretching as far as the eye could see.

(58) Some creasing is inevitable but it can be minimized by judicious stretching of the liner as the pool fills.

(59) On the Continent, governments have actively encouraged the use of diesel-powered vehicles as a way of stretching resources.

(60) She peered over the edge of the bedstead and saw a cliff of bedcover stretching endlessly to the stone floor.

(61) Hold in this extreme position for 25 counts, stretching a little further with each count.

(62) The neat white crosses, stretching out as far as the eye could see in regimented lines.

(63) Stretching exercises are especially important to enable students to perform the fantastic kicks that are the hallmark of taekwondo.

(64) The Main Face includes all the cliff stretching rightwards from here, with easy descent being made down Simon Gully.

(65) Stretching out an incautious hand he burnt a finger on one of the bars.

(66) An artificial creature made of metal discs and beads may be stretching the imagination a bit.

(67) There was deposition in large alluvial fans stretching out from the mountains in the south and the north-east into the flat plain.

(68) However, the ruins of the old city are clearly visible, stretching along the coast and over half a mile inland.

(69) Fifi was back at the bars and stretching out her hand in a vain attempt to reach the steel tray.

(70) Relax the tummy muscles, then repeat, this time stretching up for 15 counts.

(71) Be sure never to rush them, but feel how they are toning and stretching your muscles as never before.

(72) Some coaches believe that stretching before exercise reduces the chances of injury and helps athletic performance.

(73) Connection is made in the mutual overlap where each is stretching equally, reciprocally transformed, in order to fuse desire.

(74) Talk about stretching your legs - no rabbit within miles was safe.

(75) The mountains were endless, great aries of peaks any of the not even named, stretching to the horizons.

(76) He examined the long split-level room stretching away from him to the tall windows at the far end.

(77) The grinding, stretching sounds were rising to a pitch and behind it all, another low-register noise.

(78) U2 are a four piece rock group stretching the possibilities of that line-up to the new and accessible levels.

(79) Stretching up to a paint-peeling house was a patch of watermelons and tomatoes.

(80) Then he swallowed and leaned back against the cushions of the sofa, stretching his long, white-clad legs out in front of him.

(81) But four in a row was stretching it too far.

(82) Mandru was staring right at him, a wide smile stretching his face into ropes of muscle.

(83) When the man stepped back he trotted, stretching his neck to the ground.

(84) The body is very cooperative in becoming more supple quite quickly if we practise stretching postures regularly.

(85) A bladder which is frequently emptied does not expand to its full capacity and needs gentle stretching to bring this about.

(86) A lime-green chameleon, stretching from fence to shrub in torpid motion(), beguiled us.

(87) In the background of the picture stands the great White City stretching, it seems, into infinity.

(88) All stretching exercises should be practised every day, not just at the weekly or twice-weekly training sessions at the club.

(89) But worst hit is the area stretching from Witney to Wallingford with a 20% rise.

(90) He saw a line of fires stretching across South London, huge fires at regular intervals, their flames red and frightening.

(91) Regular payments stretching into infinity are definitely out of fashion.

(92) There are yawning gulfs stretching down into the abyss which have often swallowed up cities that have fallen into them.

(93) They build up physical strength, stretching their limbs and testing their agility.

(94) A system which offers extra help for the least academic, maximum encouragement for the average and the stretching of the brightest.

(95) There are a lot of stretching moves designed to promote a lean look.

(96) Luminous rays stretching downward toward the horizon like the long glinting fingers of myriad hands.

(97) Meanwhile, stretching and toning reduce the risk of injury by warming up the muscles while improving flexibility.

(98) Our customers are really varied from tiny sandwich bars to hospitals, stretching from London to Cleveland.

(99) As they do every morning, the girls sit in a circle in the middle of the floor, stretching and talking.

(100) Of sand, surf and sea stretching for mile after mile after mile into the blue haze.

(101) Stretching out their hands, they watched the pink firelight stream between each grimy. finger.

(102) If you don't feel the muscles tense, then you are not stretching at all.

(103) There, stretching from the foreshore to the Wall, was a solid line of soldiers.

(104) The physical sessions included warming-up, periods pedalling on an exercise cycle, free-standing exercises, stretching and relaxation.

(105) The limp tunes appear to be played at the wrong speed, stretching them out until they become transparent and meaningless.

(106) Stretching into the distance were the various sports fields of the Club.

(107) This invariably shows some modest dip in earnings in the immediate future to be followed by continual improvement stretching to infinity.

(108) Liz laughed, stretching luxuriously.

(109) Stretching, she eased her back and began to tidy the desk.

(110) At first they saw only the little hand - the fist, decomposed but stretching out of the shallow grave.

(111) Stretching luxuriously, she enjoyed the warm comfort of the bed.

(112) Relax by cuddling your knees, then repeat, stretching up for 15 counts.

(113) Fig. 8 Arm muscles Ballistic stretching is more vigorous, as the name suggests, and involves bouncing and jerking movements.

(114) This unexpected added drain on his resources was stretching his bank balance to the limit, and beyond.

(115) The chickens were walking around loose, stretching out their necks,() pulling them back.

(116) Long-distance runner Bill Emmerton once saw himself in the chain of life stretching over many generations.

(117) One can imagine the future shape of companies by stretching them until they are pure network.

(118) But he floated into the midst of a sea of water stretching as far as he could discern on every side around him.

(119) Wattset al. 1982 have shown that lateral heat flow results in anomalies in the normal thermal subsidence profile following crustal stretching.

(120) He's a good player, but calling him "world class" is stretching it.

(121) So he changed his swing, changed his exercise routine and started a stretching program.

(122) Stretching out on his back, he gazed through the barred window at a faint strip of sky.

(123) Heat flow modelling was based on the matching of calculated tectonic subsidence profiles with theoretical stretching curves.

(124) She poked a finger into the luggage beneath her eyes, stretching the skin, trying to make it look young again.

(125) It could then have been further extended and incorporated into a Saxon salt way stretching across three counties.

(126) She got up reluctantly, stretching like a long thin cat, all naked, curvy, and elastic.

(127) Daydreaming, maybe, or closing her eyes for an instant, or stretching out to absorb the fine morning sun.

(128) If the insides of the thighs are stretching, then you are attempting this exercise too early in your fitness programme.

(129) Organizers who were fretting about millions of unsold tickets are contending with lines of hopeful spectators stretching five city blocks.

(130) A miniature railway links Eirias Park with the pier - an attractive feature stretching out to sea.

(131) It was one of those large affairs sometimes known as colonial, with well-kept grounds stretching out in all directions.

(132) I jogged a few laps with Seb, got really warm and faithfully carried out my stretching routine.

(133) Stretching up with hands interlinked, tilt the pelvis and hold for 5 counts. 3.

(134) Allow for a few minutes of gentle stretching and flexing to increase your flexibility.

(135) There are many good books on the subject of being thrifty and stretching your resources.

(136) The environment, in fact, does work on him, by stretching the antigravity muscles in his legs on impact.

(137) Bellagio is all cobbled alleyways, stretching upwards and away from the lakeside.

(138) Do you feel like stopping here and stretching your legs?

(139) Not any more: your body is stretching magnificently and your muscles are getting into better shape every day!

(140) Time in the building was lethargic, with every minute stretching, stretching out in companionship with the night towards infinity.

(141) If organized labor is going to revive, the experts agree this is the year it must wake up and start stretching.

(142) Others around her were standing, stretching, trying the water, strolling through the dunes.

(143) The stretching of the elastic explains the elasticity of lung tissue and that energy is required to stretch the tissue.

(144) At once Maxwell was up, yawning, stretching his tall, untanned body in the chilly air.

(145) He dialled the number again but this time there was no dialling tone - only silence stretching through the air-waves.

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(146) She threw her hands up in the air and leaned back, stretching, arching her chest upward.

(147) An orderly queue was formed, stretching throughout the corridors of Hardside and out on to the rugby pitches.

(148) Examples of this universal balancing act keep proliferating, stretching out my meditation as I shell periwinkles.

(149) The second half of the nineteenth century saw suburban development along the railway lines stretching out of Paris.

(150) In its report, Topics 2000, the researchers have chronicled great natural disasters stretching back over the past 1,000 years.

(151) Such feelings belong to a whole realm of events and reactions often stretching back many years to our earliest days.

(152) Stretching the lace as I sewed, I machined the lining to the lace with a multi-zig-zag stitch.

(153) In fifth-century sources their territory is described as stretching as far east as the Elbe.

(154) Stretching watercolour paper How do I stretch watercolour papers so that they remain completely smooth during use?

(155) He stayed in the shadows as he passed the House of Mirrors with its queue stretching outside, everyone jostling for position.

(156) I took stock of the bees in the wisteria and the cat stretching itself under the table.

(157) A convoy of cars stretching for miles was escorted by Merseyside Police outriders.

(158) Five to ten minutes of stretching after exercise or attending a yoga class will help promote flexibility.

(159) This is the only type of stretching which should be carried out before exercise when the muscles are cold.

(160) These values are assumed to reside in the cultural continuum which Bateson sees as stretching from 1200 to the present.

(161) Everything is easily accessible with little stretching, even across the cockpit.

(162) Some held their chins high, stretching necks, their expressions agonized, like martyrs in paintings.

(163) Stretching out the distance between herself, the Old Market where Samson had his smithy, and all of yesterday.

(164) The depot will serve an area stretching from Dumbarton to Cumbernauld.

(165) Habit of appearing to stand on tiptoe, stretching the neck.

(166) I would be stretching the patience of my audience if I commented on them.

(167) The artist then laboriously traces the outline of the image placing anchor points and stretching the curves or lines between them.

(168) He has a criminal record stretching back twenty years.

(169) The axon must be able to withstand stretching.

(170) A rainbow-like shape formed stretching across the sky.

(171) They caught the bartender stretching the gin with water.

(172) She snapped the rubber band by stretching.

(173) She woke slowly, sleepily, stretching in the sun.

(174) It is stretching a point to call this censorship.

(175) Situated on a highly visible site(), the 60-storey tower will offer panoramic views stretching from the Bosphorus Strait in the west to the Princes' Islands and the Sea of Marmara to the south.

(176) In theory, the blended fuel reduces greenhouse-gas emissions by stretching how far a vehicle can travel on gasoline or regular diesel.

(177) Stretching through pre-traction of the hip-joint on the wall-side with isochronic retract of the outside shoulder.

(178) It already boasts a runway stretching to nearly two miles long, a futuristic styled terminal hanger, and a dome-shaped Space Operations Centre.

(179) It possesses advanced full electroplated flow line, the full equipments which is specialized in manufacturing screwdriver, plastic ware, dual colors stretching rod and heat treatment.

(180) A proper warm-up and stretching of all major muscle groups is necessary, with emphasis towards the entire hip girdle and shoulder girdle , including the pecs.

(181) By the simulating analysis to CAE drawing software, adding draw bead restraining mold is applied on the area of deficient stretching, the eligible products are produced finally by die testing.

(182) The fields covered with snow became a vast expanse of whiteness stretching to infinity.

(183) The Japanese were there, followed by the Americans. Today, the Republic of Palau, consisting of 343 islands stretching over 100 miles from north to south, is an independent nation.

(184) Stretching exercises and orthotic devices may relieve discomfort over the long term.

(185) Standard capabilities, such as contrast stretching and 2D scatter plot.

(186) Those people who lifted up arms of sensation with dolorous hearts yearned for retaining a sentence of words from God with stretching devoutness .

(187) Following a talk by coach Carlo Ancelotti, the team played a game of keepball. They then moved on to running, stretching and sprints before finishing with a practice game.

(188) There were beggars everywhere, pathetically stretching their hands out to passers - by.

(189) Relaxin helps the pelvis spread so the baby can exit the body, but it also affects the ligaments in the feet, causing a stretching of those ligaments.

(190) One of Dr Dickey's rubber - coated antennas, though, can be tuned by stretching the antenna itself.

(191) Consumer goods companies eyeing the mass market should consider stretching their premium brands vertically.

(192) Peak stretching more than ten kilometers of pine forest, the endless, Greenfield Cantabile.

(193) Rain, such as silk, Yi Keke orange tree greedily sucking nectar in spring, stretching evergreen branches.

(194) Include the full range of cardiovascular, muscle building and stretching –yoga. Join a health club with a swimming pool.

(195) Stretching through tearing of the holding hand towards the shoulders with isochronic steering of the hips.

(196) When the axial residual stress exists, the stretching stress degrades the collapsing strength of the casing pipe whereas the crushing stress enhances that of the casing pipe.

(197) Past Midway, the line makes a sharp bend, continuing northward along the Emperor seamounts and stretching nearly as far as the tip of the Aleutian Islands.

(198) It is also pointed out that the side force of the stretching joint due to position change shall be taken as the design basis of pipeline hold-down supports.

(199) Because clastic cushions are used in stretching based on multi-point die, the springback in this process is different from that in traditional solid die stretching process.

(200) In this asana stretching of the body is important but body is not actually lifted.

(201) The ample ruching on both bust and tummy will ensure that you'll never look like you're stretching too little fabric over too much flesh.

(202) Actin and myoglobulin are the compositions building muscles' stretching function. Microtubulin is the basic substance which provides the flagellum and cilium the function of movement.

(203) The exercise therapy group received a home program focusing on pain contingent training of back, abdominal, and leg muscle functional strength and endurance, stretching, and cardiovascular fitness.

(204) As the husband works internationally, the closely knit family's schedule has a 19-hour-a-day operating time stretching from breakfast at 7am to the end of the North American work day at 2am.

(205) Stretching to almost all Korean Peninsula, the center focuses its research on the security issue.

(206) A practice game followed a series of running, stretching, speed and agility exercises.

(207) The mountain ridges in this area twist and twine , stretching endlessly.

(208) Diligence doesn't mean stretching beyond our limits . It means displaying unremitting persistence.

(209) In this algorithm, compressed IR image was enhanced by low-pass filtering, coefficient transform and contrast stretching in DCT domain.

(210) Come, dearest child!'said Hester encouragingly, and stretching out both her arms.

(211) Method for stretching polymer film, polarization diaphragm and method for making said polarization diaphragm, polarizer, double refraction diaphragm and liquid-crystal display device.

(212) General relativity is not a zero-sum game—the stretching of the spatial fabric allows new volume to be created for both the old and the new vacua .

(213) Stretching through retraction of the hip towards the heels. The hands are fixed on the floor.

(214) The piriformis muscles, strong external rotators of the thigh, attach to the sacrum and the femur. Stretching them can increase S-I joint instability.

(215) Absorption wavenumber and loss of stretching vibration and bending vibration of different quantum number were obtained.

(216) Stretching across terrain already gridded by Andalusian farms, Andasol 1 and 2 rely on the same energy source as the crops.

(217) The gentle stretching releases muscle tension and increases flexibility. The stretching of the joints in asanas causes the secretion of a lubricant called synovial fluid.

(218) The last factory in an industry stretching back to colonial times closed eight months ago in Sherrill, N.Y., a small community in the foothills of the Adirondacks, and 80 employees lost their jobs.

(219) The meanings of "mechanical" and "life" are both stretching until all complicated things can be perceived as machines, and all self-sustaining machines can be perceived as alive.

(220) This property comes about because inflation, by stretching the universe exponentially, erases, like a pervasive cosmic iron, all traces of any characteristic scales.

(221) Methods The normal human hairs were treated with perming combing and stretching, and the keratins of the damage hair were analysed by using SDS-PAGGE and laser densimeter.

(222) Since FEM has no such requirement that the grid line are of orthogonality, a sequence of shearing and stretching transformation, both prior to and subsequent to the elliptic mapping is used.

(223) They had seen the years blissfully stretching ahead of them, together forever.

(224) On the surface of foliation there develops strong stretching lineation defined by alignment of elongated minerals.

(225) On Saturday, standing above the underpass and a red smear of modern cars stretching into the Moscow night, Russian Orthodox Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin makes the sign of the cross.

(226) Well - known Chinese Wall, from east to west, stretching.

(227) Methods Analgesia and anti-inflammatory effect were induced by mouse hot plate, acetic acid stretching experiment and mouse peritonitis, mouse ear swelling model.

(228) When his toplofty and thin lips closed firmly, two careworn wrinkles were cutting through two sides of his cheek deeply, stretching from his shallow dimples at the corners of the mouth to his chin.

(229) The team then went through a warm - up drill and some stretching on the tartan pitch.

(230) A new concept, essential technical design(ETD) for automobile stretching part which provides succeeding FEM simulation with initial conditions, its necessity and characteristics are presented.

(231) Contrarily, the smaller angle of dip and the gentler subduction, the longer horizontally stretching distance.

(232) The night was very large , and very strange, stretching its hoary distances infinitely.

(233) While you were sleeping this morning, Kobe Bryant rolled out of bed, threw on his sweatsuit and headed to the track for a 60-minute stretching and running session.

(234) Gaddafi's rise to power had roots in his belief in pan-Arabism, an idealized vision of a united Arab nation stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean.

(235) The Japanese intended to capture Allied airfields in east China and to open an overland supply route stretching from Pusan, Korea, to Saigon(), French Indochina.

(236) This involved the surgical breaking of the bone in his leg, followed by several months of wearing a steel brace which required self-administered "stretching" of the leg four times daily.

(237) The grass pushing up on my seat, the scraggly thistle stem rubbing my shirt, the brown-breasted swallow swooping downhill: they are a single thing stretching out in many directions.

(238) "There is a reflex that prevents the muscle from being stretched too much," which is activated by static stretching, inducing the muscle to become, in effect, tighter in self-protection.

(239) There are neoformative foliation and lineation (stretching lineation ) in the shear zone.

(240) Large pendulous breasts may cause pain due to stretching of Cooper's ligaments.

(241) Its figure looks like a cheering gesture, also stretching arms preparing for a zealous inarm even more.

(242) The changes of preferred orientation of PAN-based carbon fibers during continuous high temperature graphitization and hot stretching graphitization were investigated by X-ray diffraction(XRD).

(243) He launched an offensive against this huge and powerful socialist country along the whole front stretching from Murmansk in the north to the Crimea in the south, and in so doing dispersed his forces.

(244) Biaxial Stretching self - reinforced HDPE sheets were prepared by using the die with complex stress field.

(245) We will share each individual's physical interpretation together by doing little preliminary homework, stretching exercises and post-discussion.

(246) On Friday Putin travelled to Khabarovsk to unveil a new pipeline stretching from the Russian island of Sakhalin to Khabarovsk and the far eastern port of Vladivostok.

(247) Suitable for high tension stretching, large size screen plate , multi-plate stretching at the same time etc.

(248) This massage combines stretching, shiatsu, lomi-lomi and thumb pressure techniques. It aims to relieve tension, ease stress and calm the mind.

(249) This tropical delicacy became a symbol of coveted exoticism stretching from cuisine to architecture.

(250) Once those connections are made — first with cables stretching from Molokai and Lanai, the islands nearest Oahu — the capital will get power through them.

(251) Stretching arms above his head he looked around his office mournfully.

(252) The Qing Empire, ruled by the Tungusic Manchus, was a vast area stretching from the Pacific coast of Siberia to the oases of Central Asia.

(253) Low contrast is one of the main characteristics of the low light level image, and contrast stretching is the important technical method to enhance the image.

(254) From drought-resistant to flood-resistant: These varieties of rice can overcome floods by stretching their grassy stems to reach the air above the water.

(255) A high-velocity rod-shaped projectile is characterized by high tip velocity, low stretching rate, and high ratio of length to diameter(L/D).

(256) She may check your cervix at each visit for effacement (stretching and thinning) and dilation (opening).

(257) The Lena River is the world's 10th longest, stretching 2,800 miles and draining almost a million square miles of Siberia.

(258) Melt lineation developed in ductile deformation zones of deep structural levels of crust and may indicate the moving direction as the mineral stretching lineation does.

(259) The area stretching from northern Kwangtung along the Hunan-Kiangsi border into southern Hupeh lies entirely within the Lohsiao mountain range.

(260) There he began a successful cattle ranch, eventually enlarging it to 250,000 acres stretching 50 miles along the coast.

(261) Nowhere are theseissues better exemplified than in the Himalayas, the 2400-km-long chain ofmountain ranges stretching between the Indus and the Brahmaputra River valleys(see the picture, above).

(262) It also includes a coastal highway stretching across the country from Tunisia to Egypt.