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How to Use "Long" with Example Sentences
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long
(adj):
having a great distance from end to end; lasting a great amount of time
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Used with verbs:
"
That dress
is
a little
long
.
"
(be: is/am/are, looks, seems)
"
His hair has
grown
long
.
"
(grown, gotten)
Used with adverbs:
"
His drive to work is
fairly
long
.
"
(fairly, extremely, very, awfully)
"
The meeting lasted
unusually
long
.
"
(unusually, ridiculously, relatively, exceptionally)
"
His hair was getting
a little
long
.
"
(a little, slightly, too)
"
I wasn't sure if two hours would be
long
enough
.
"
(enough)
Used with nouns:
"
We had a
long
discussion
.
"
(discussion, conversation, meeting, talk, chat)
"
It was a
long
afternoon
.
"
(afternoon, evening, day, line, week, year)
"
I took a
long
break
.
"
(break, bath, drive, hike, nap, rest, swim, trip, vacation, walk)
"
That was a
long
explanation
.
"
(explanation, story, answer, description, letter, kiss, journey, list, ordeal, process, time)
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long
(v):
to want something that is not very possible to attain
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Used with adverbs:
"
He
desperately
longed
to see his first love.
"
(desperately, secretly, always)
Used with prepositions:
"
She
longs
for
reconciliation with her ex-husband.
"
(for)
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long
(adv):
for a great amount of time
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Used with adjectives:
"
My library books are
long
overdue
.
"
(long)
Used with verbs:
"
I have
long
believed
that she was guilty of the crime.
"
(believed)
"
I have
long
regarded
him as family.
"
(regarded)
"
I have
waited
long
for this day.
"
(waited)
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