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Definition of protract:

To draw out or lengthen in time; to delay; to defer.

Synonyms:

gallop, study at extend, poke out, stretch forth, outstretch, cover, extend, lengthen, elongate, prolong, suck out, defer, educe, elicit, draw out, pull, reach out, evoke, lead, offer, postpone, long, draw out, put out, run, go, widen, stretch, unfold, exsert, aspirate, delay, stretch out, prolong, extend, strain, take out, keep up, increase, expand, drag, carry, hold out, pass, procrastinate, pull up, pull out, prolongate, continue, extract, produce, broaden.

continue (part of speech: verb)
- persist,
- maintain,
- prolong,
- sustain,
- extend,
- persevere,
- continue,
- abide

Usage examples:

He managed, however, still to protract the evil day.

- "Devereux, Book I.", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
When he came to Pompey, he uniformly gave advice to protract the war; as he always hoped to compose matters, and was by no means desirous that they should come to action; for the commonwealth would suffer extremely, and be the certain cause of its own ruin, whoever were conqueror by the sword.

- "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.
She would have her way, he realized; just as he knew that its only result could be to waste their time and protract the agony of the doomed man.

- "The Sea-Hawk", Raphael Sabatini.