were protracting
Past progressive conjugation of protract. There are other translations for this conjugation.

protract

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My agony was so great that I pleaded with those around me not to pray for me; for I thought their prayers were protracting my sufferings.
Mi agonía era tan intensa que rogaba a los que se encontraban junto a mí que no siguieran orando por mi restablecimiento, porque pensaba que sus oraciones solo prolongaban mis sufrimientos.
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