The sharp metal barbs tore the skin of the men who stretched it along fence tops.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

In its purest form, clay can be shaped and stretched and used to make objects.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

He had created a collection of music that stretched far past himself and his times.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

When clothing is wet or stretched, however, it lets more U-V rays pass through.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

She said sports stretched her to her limits and sometimes she wanted to quit.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

It stretched from the mountains of Colorado west to the mountains of California;

VOA: special.2009.06.04

The Confederate line stretched halfway around the city.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

There was such a large crowd that a ship's cable, a heavy rope, was stretched across the portico to separate the crowd from Jackson as he took the oath and delivered his inaugural address.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

The sun had barely risen, but the line outside of the Apple store in Bethesda,Maryland already stretched around the block.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

It also has over-stretched infrastructure in a country that has experienced decades of conflict,instability and economic stagnation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Saturday's global protests stretched from Tokyo to Seattle to Caracas.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25