Nick's mother was killed in an accident very nearly at the time that an aunt of mine died from an extended bout with cancer.

The evenings are reserved for extended bouts of name-dropping.

He suffered from an extended bout of tuberculosis in 1939, and was bedridden for several years.

Barton had received a large insurance settlement from his first wife's death, but subsequently lost it in an extended bout of risky day trading.

She laughed wearily, and then went into an extended bout of coughing.

After an extended bout of silence she began to reply.

Or, I might simply have had an extended bout of wild peeing, which is not unheard of in pregnant women.

The Nadrak's coarse face was serious, and he showed no signs of his extended bout at the ale barrel.

Shortly preceding his resignation, Churchill experienced an extended bout of somnambulism, a condition to which he was prone.

This week's forecast calls for daily highs from 39 to 42 instead of an extended bout of below-freezing temperatures.