narrow stretch

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandstretch

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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stretch
noun
uk
/stretʃ/us
/stretʃ/
a continuous area of land ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandstretchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Often these concepts are discussed as relevant only to anarrowstretchof coastal regions.
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That is anarrowstretchof road between two lots of dual carriageway, and it forms a dreadful bottleneck right in the middle of my constituency.
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These pipelines go along a relativelynarrowstretchof land and can affect neighbouring property, particularly if they are carrying obnoxious substances of one sort or another—poisonous, explosive or inflammable.
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However, it is separated from the surrounding urban area by anarrowstretchof countryside.
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This place has gained prominence because of its long andnarrowstretchof beach with pristine waters and water sports.
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Rather than attacking on an extended front, the full weight of artillery fire would be concentrated on a relativelynarrowstretchof 24 mi.
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The drab, concrete high-rises, many blackened with the scars of arson fire, sat in anarrowstretchof slum.
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The lowland is thenarrowstretchcontaining rivers, deltas and the coastal region.
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Next comes anarrowstretchof gravelly bottom land expending upstream for nearly a mile and a half, with a grade of perhaps 200 feet per mile.
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Brown simplified the longnarrowstretchby sweeping it into a lawn that dropped right to the riverbank, stopped at each end by bold clumps of native trees.
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It has several steep gradients, numerous tight bends and some very narrow stretches.
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