Definition of "protracting" []

• Present participle of protract. (verb)

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• "Now, it's the prosecutor's turn to fail, by protracting the charging decision, and by demanding additional evidence, far more than if the alleged offender sold shoes or framed houses for a living."
• "The ill-fitting gown, the protracting silence between beeps, the beige serenity of the walls; it all falls down on you."
• "If a problem festers, we cling to the belief that money, know-how and perhaps some sobering wake-up call are all we need to solve it; we don't dare entertain the notion that there's something in human nature that's causing and protracting it."