stretch

I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.

That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.

It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.

It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.

a stretch of cloth

In the afternoon I went for a stretch into the country, & about 4 it cleared up pretty well, so I hurried back & we got a cart & drove to Bassano, a little town about 8 miles off, that we wanted to see.

“Hey, Stretch,” he shouted at a tall, spectacled co-worker, “turn the fucking station, will you? You know I can't stand Rush, and it's all they play on this one. If I hear those assholes whine 'Tom Sawyer' one more time, I may go on a fucking killing spree.

There is a grand stretch in the evenings.

The '42 Cardinals are best known for their amazing stretch run. St. Louis won 43 of their last 51 games and came back from a double-digit deficit in games in early August to edge out the Dodgers for the N.L. flag.

He did a seven-year stretch in jail.