LONG in a Sentence
Learn LONG from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for LONG, such as:
1. I forgave her a long time ago.
2. I felt stiff after a long walk.
3. She stayed with me a long time.
4. So they had to fall a long way.
5. He committed suicide not long ago.
2. I felt stiff after a long walk.
3. She stayed with me a long time.
4. So they had to fall a long way.
5. He committed suicide not long ago.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of LONG
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long
a. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
a. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 She wondered how long it would be before they showed that they were flowers.
2 The corridor looked very long and dark, but she was too excited to mind that.
3 And there was quite a long silence.
4 She stayed with me a long time.
5 But she had not known him long enough to be sure.
6 Lie on your back and draw in long breaths of it.
7 I am breathing long breaths of fresh air.
8 They had long and quite delightful talks about their route.
9 So they had to fall a long way.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context Highlight In CHAPTER X. The Lobster Quadrille
Context Highlight In CHAPTER X. The Lobster Quadrille
10 He had walked a long way and it had not lifted his.
11 Tom's army won a great victory, after a long and hard-fought battle.
12 He released the tick and put him on the long flat desk.
13 Then they waited in silence for what seemed a long time.
14 The doctor murmured inarticulately, gave a long gasp or two and was still.
15 A long, lingering, colossal sigh followed, and his heart broke.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I felt stiff after a long walk.
2 You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend.
3 I forgave her a long time ago.
4 I believed that in civilized countries, torture had ended long ago.
5 He committed suicide not long ago.
6 Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument.
7 I wanted to part from you long ago.
8 Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.
9 Once long ago he had considered becoming a state trooper.
10 We prepared ourselves for the long journey ahead.
11 I am waiting for a person to accompany me for a long time.
12 Among a people general corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.
13 A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.
14 We sought long and hard but found no answer.
15 The cut on my arm bleed for a long time.