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I Lengthen Exceedingly Unfortunate Bachelor Face Lengthened Mr

word lengthen
sentence It is exceedingly unfortunate that you should be a bachelor.’
“My face lengthened at this, Mr. Holmes, for I thought that I was not to have the vacancy after all; but after thinking it over for a few minutes he said that it would be all right.
definition [verb]
1. (transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
2. (intransitive) To become longer.

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