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Sentence Examples Many observers and commentators have wondered why it has taken so long for the Coalition and the provisional government to act. We all feel jaded and long for time to escape and revitalise. I'm consoled with the thought of leaving. Even adding postage and packing costs the offers were a real bargain and it didn't take long for the offer to go viral. My preferred rationalisation for this is that the films are too long for me to concentrate all the way through. I wonder at my life, it seems ajar. Is it so bad to long for relationship? Will He grant me kindred heart fellowship? One way or another, whether we like it or not we are all not long for this world. Sadly however, like our four other sisters, Caroline, Sophie, Amelie and Victory, he was not long for this world. In act, Dan was still laying drains well after doctors told him he was not long for this world. Sure enough, I tracked him down only to find out that he's extremely ill and possibly not long for this world. There are a few who know the reasons behind the murders, but they too are not long for this world. Quite why it took so long for the village to mark this achievement isn't explained on the plaque. It amazes me that it has taken so long for this matter to come to court, when it has for many years been a contentious issue. He wore his hair unusually long for a Yoruba, and he had the filed upper teeth of the Gun, his mother's people. After a while, the freshness is gone, and it doesn't take long for the proceedings to become dull and leaden. A luscious mocha sauce, the rich chocolate base, and a generous topping of crisp roasted almonds will make you long for more. It didn't take long for these guys to fill the room with attentive listeners, or run out of merch. They do not understand how much I long for it, how I have longed for it ever since I was a girl. Perhaps he has attained the sort of blissful ataraxic state that his characters so long for. There are probably three great albums in here, but in itself it is too long for someone with my short attention span. That is why marketers yearn for word of mouth publicity and powerful media machines long for becoming the talk of the town. Show More Sentences So why is it taking so long for the fuel cell to become a source of power for the automobile? The brilliant orange, red flowers of the scarlet runnerbean supply nectar all summer long for hummingbirds and butterflies. It didn't take long for the fools to scatter out like a crazy school of fish. It doesn't take long for people to change their shopping habits and go elsewhere where getting to the shops doesn't take a month of Sundays. Generally the marabou is too long for using in competitions so, once it is secure, pinch off the excess with your fingers. While the former long for the past, the latter try to come to terms with their dual identity as Chinese and Americans. My sentence was way too long for him and his attention had drifted to a potential fight that was about to ensue near the entrance. Youth in particular long for something they can throw themselves into with the passion of a martyr. Spectators did not have to wait long for the thrust of the second half to manifest itself. Modern walkers love to travel, and many long for the diversion of strange lands and foreign tongues. You hear his voice, you see his face, you long for his smile of approval, you remember his tongue-lashings. But the critics who long for Johnson's departure may be in for an unpleasant surprise. It is true that people out of poverty long for something higher, transcendental and spiritual. Cross-cultural misunderstandings and tensions within these civil-military shotgun marriages have led many on both sides to long for a divorce. It seems incredible that it took so long for printers to be built with the capacity to print on both sides of paper. She felt a twinge of jealousy wondering if he was the same way with Mia and she couldn't help but long for a man like Blake. The only problem is, how in blue blazes do I wait so long for the movie to be showing somewhere near me? On days when I feel that nothing works, and I long for my old skinny jeans, accessories are the best therapy. It doesn't take long for an adjuster working for a particular insurance company client to detect a pattern of underinsurance on the coverages. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for things to begin the slippery slide into mediocrity before plunging off a precipice into idiocy. Show More Sentences It may take that long for the skin to slough residual mite debris and for the allergic reaction to subside. Being back in Canada made me long for the untamed wilds of forest and rock that Fukui lacks. I can't believe it took this long for the 2013 bracketology predictions to come out. The kitchen was loud and noisy, as usual, but it didn't take long for the usually cheerful cook to fix him a couple of plates. I do love you, Sue, though I have danced attendance on you so long for such poor returns! We are not experienced bushwalkers, but found the walks to be pleasant, interesting and not too long for little legs. We long for messages meant especially for us, scrawled in genuine handwriting. His hair is brown, a mass of curls that are almost too long for SAP's dress code, and he has a dark, kind of olive complexion. The question that remains to baffle us is why on earth it took so long for anything to be done. After waiting so long for one genuine piece of heart-stopping action to awaken the masses from their slumber, chances arrived incessantly. It did not take long for the general to recognize the catastrophe's politically damaging consequences. The next was cluttered with metal studs and necklaces that had spikes too long for my personal sanity. It did not take long for the cricketing community to realise why Cronje was admired and held in high esteem. How I long for the spontaneity of those social witticisms or emotionally charged exchanges. It didn't take too long for Toby to find his destination, in fact, he overshot it at first. It is the first time in Army history that a chief of staff has had to wait for so long for the service of a deputy. It didn't take long for the police to arrest her on the charges of double homicide. When the weather is sweltering, how we long for the cooling respite of a dip in a swimming pool. It takes just as long for those keypad swiper thingies to process your card, while you type numbers on the keypad. I have forgotten what it feels like to feel clean and innocent, and I long to feel it, I long for my salad days, I long for childhood. Show More Sentences I long for the day gone by when our pop stars were a clean-living, purer, less controversial breed. It didn't take long for Sam to slip off into sleep, barely registering the faintly feminine smell that pervaded his senses as he did. It doesn't take long for the scab of small-town wholesomeness to be picked off, revealing the perversity festering underneath. When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. No matter how wistfully we may long for the fountain of youth, the fact is that Laws of Thermodynamics are irrefutable. First, of course, is the kind of love we all long for, the love that endures forever. Do you sometimes long for a taste of your mom's beef dumpling or a forkful of warm wild blueberry pie in a flaky crust? Wordy, longueur-ridden and far too long for the Fringe, Tom Murphy's 1983 play is also oddly compelling. It really didn't take that long for me to realise that I was having fun, for the first time in ages I was enjoying myself. They long for gargantuan TVs, pool tables and funky barka loungers to keep them happy. It was way too long for its own good and could have used some good cutting. Many doctors are despairing that this could be too long for some patients. I long for the day I no longer have to think about this pestilential little locust. What beats me is how it took so long for his evil deeds to be discovered. He said Jay was anxious and wondering why it was taking so long for the police to arrive. But others dismiss them, saying this is nothing but the daydream of people who long for some peace. The Chinese public had waited so long for their Ping-Pong Spring that they bellowed constant approval of the rout. I long for the days when comics weren't so treacly and warm and fuzzy. There will be times when things are going so well that sadness seems like a dim memory, and then there will be those times when we long for God to intervene. We long for the clarifying crisis because the response to it is clear and direct. Show More Sentences There are dozens of different lines, with passengers changing from one train to another at many stations along the way who do not want to wait too long for their connections. By two-thirty on the first afternoon at his house, I long for a cup of coffee but feel awkward about asking. But why did it take this long for LEGO to create a set of female scientists in the first place? A child, not long for this world should have a heavenly name. One can only assume that the 95-year old is not long for this world. The agunah crisis has been going on for too long for them not to have a proactive platform for its resolution. Do we long for the filling up of every void place and gap in our hearts? Kristol et al may long for such a devolution, but polls suggest that the majority of Americans do not. The cables on this one are probably too long for a minitower case like this, so expect a bit of a tangle unless you cable-tie them out of the way. Its residents long for the freedoms they relinquished so many decades ago, and to join in the liberty and freedom of spirit represented by bikinis and Speedo swim-suits. You'll be able to buy smaller quantities than you would have to purchase if you were manufacturing abroad, and you won't have to wait as long for reorders. Having waited so long for the chance he can't envisage passing it up. The journey was excruciatingly long for the establishmentarians and cost them more than they ever anticipated. Finally, excessive appealing, looking at the umpire too long for appealing, or not looking at the umpire for appealing will be punishable by burning at the stake. Americans long for a straight-talking businessman who can save the country from the political class that fouled everything up. If you like the outdoors and long for psithurism, don't live in the city. While some critics say it took too long for the president to come to this bottom line, others say that he seemed to rush the proposal out with a sinister motive. It didn't take long for his reputation for cheapness to spread. And for many people it was, but you still had to learn html coding, which was inscrutable enough to make one long for the days of typesetting and paste-up. And I long for the placid days when all I worried about were jackhammers, halal carts and clueless tourists on rental bikes. Show More Sentences Why do we long for fellowship with creatures so different from ourselves? The book is full of ghosts for whom the poet feels duty-bound to speak, and for the most part his theme is what the ghosts long for, the lovely body of earth. I'm not sure I can wait that long for a roast chook and a Vegemite sanger. The rich bass, sustaining guitar, and chimes offer a pleasing blend of sound, but goes on much too long for the amount of compositional advancement. It doesn't take long for the cattily satirical tone to become monotonous as the characters refuse all attempts at development and the plot treads water into the shallows. If you long for Markt's ham hock in an oddly smoky pea-and-asparagus soup, the coriander-and-leek-infused bouillon with mussels should charm more. It's also important to strike while the iron is hot because it doesn't take long for the price tags to start dipping as the days turn into weeks in free agency. It's best to use a baking tin to conduct the heat, as glass or ceramic ovenware won't give your pastry that crispy base we all long for. Well, it didn't take long for the Bush bashers to blame the president for all the ills of the New Orleans disaster relief effort. Too short for a toboggan, too long for a cribbage board, it hadn't rattled, glugged, bent, jingled, jangled, snapped, crackled or popped. The PIRG activists long for a green totalitarian who would issue diktats about which cars could be built, ostensibly to save fuel. A University of Pennsylvania study found higher birth rates in monogamous owl monkeys as it took too long for new partners to bond. It was slightly too long for the loop and we needed a pilot engine to release the train engine. However, the service taps a wireless-data technology known as WiMax that is not long for this world. It hasn't taken long for Sirius Prospect to repay the faith the Yarrows showed and to prove worthy of the name given to him. He understands that if he keeps consuming alcohol to the extent he is doing, he is not long for this world. And by the media who ran interference for so long for the federal Liberal Party of Canada. Considering all that, for residents who ride the rails it does not seem to have taken long for the benefits of the deal to pull into the station. Unfortunately, while you like your product, others may feel differently. It doesn't take long for a hashtag to become a bashtag. So much of our contemporary theological dreamware is about escape. We long for heaven. We fix our eyes on the other world. We want out! Show More Sentences It didn't take long for the waves of heat to reach him, and with them came the scents of tempanuts, earthberries, and honey. The concept of she being an ecoterrorist who may or may not long for Harley Quinn, the Joker's henchwench, is pure animated bliss. Let the guest awhile be abiding, though he long for his homefare sore, To tarry at least for the morrow, that the gift I may fulfil. The euphoria that had accompanied Edward's birth became sorrow, but it was only over time that Henry came to long for his wife. There have been some improvements in cancer care but too many patients are waiting too long for diagnosis and treatment. This book made me long for the old ways of martial arts instruction before McDojos and health clubs dominated the land. Their hairstyle, unusually long for the era and mocked by many adults, became an emblem of rebellion to the burgeoning youth culture. It did not take long for Zoundz miniconcerts to start popping up on YouTube. Pitt had previously called for Parliament to begin to reform itself, but he did not press for long for reforms the king did not like. Though Aunt Maud had always maintained she was not long for this world, she outlived all her generation. Like the great medieval cathedrals of York and Winchester, St Paul's is comparatively long for its width, and has strongly projecting transepts. The underwater vocals of Weddell seals can last 70 seconds, which is long for a marine mammal call. Weygand now asserted it would not take long for the French Army to disintegrate. In general, their intestines have a typical length of about 45 meters, which is unusually long for animals of their size. However it did not take long for production to recommence after the cessation of hostilities. The sparseness of the hair on his head made him long for his full-haired youth. My eyes burn from sleep unslept and from tears unshed. I long for oblivion. I am impossibly tired. Oppressive anaglyptas, sickly floral designs or ugly woodchip paper made us long for smooth painted walls that would not detract attention from our furniture or paintings. But dejection at a 1-1 draw with Arsenal didn't last long for a man whose b attle with real adversity in his private life will ensure he retains a sense of perspective. Some variants have only three blades in a reel spinning at great speed, and these models are able to cut grass which has grown too long for ordinary push mowers. Show More Sentences Rather it was a hospital ER doctor, who is calling to inform the family their mother, or dad is in a hospital ICU, and they are not long for this world. His father is very ill, probably not long for this world, and Mr Johnstone is very concerned about the effect upon his father of losing something that was given to him. The Belgian choreographer's Noetic, for Sweden's GoteborgsOperans Danskompani, explores the human desire to find order, only to long for freedom once that's achieved. Thanks to the likes of James Bond, the trappings of spy-dom have long attracted jealous eyes and vivid imaginations of many who long for a walk on the wild side of espionage. Examples from Classical Literature What between hunting, and hiving, and getting the honey to market, I have very little time to long for company. Any woman, also, who thoughtlessly washes her clothes in lye during the Holy Week is not long for this world. She was absorbed in Ariadne, and the slow, blazing summer days were none too long for her. If such music-making is ever to become accepted, then I long for Death the releaser. Bradshaw knew with whom he had to deal and that Byng would not wait long for his answer. I jumped up and called loud and long for the inductor to come to my resistance. But, my worthy friend, we have been acquainted too long for you to fear my 'peaching aught concerning you or your doings. We began to complain, and to long for the cool corridors and fizzy drinks and protecting screens of the hotel. Isaacs Marriage is one of the best of the pieces, but is too long for insertion. Unfortunately, the jibba was too big and long for me, consequently I was unable to wear it at the time of my escape. Be this as it may, there are times when I sincerely long for a ball of liquidambar or a mouthful of pungent spring buds. I could leave her on a giant planet, a statue ten miles long for the ages to marvel at. I long for the shining eyes of friends and the fellowship of the Red Branch, and to see my own country by the sea of moyle. His hair was mousey and worn slightly long for a man, slightly short for a woman. He had formerly visited at Stanhill, but it was too long for his young cousins to remember him. He has looked so long for Beauty that he has come to see it everywhere. It was a soft thing with a darling silly baby face and legs rather long for its body. But what if they carp at that which in close-shut mind they long for? It is elaborate and able, but too long for citation here in full. Seddon Hall is rather too long for the line but I guess it will do. Show More Sentences We might imagine that we long for a rollicky, debased, and taboo-busting epic. Rubin concedes that technology has vastly improved medical care, but notes that patients still long for a touch of bedside manner. I do long for a definite program to be appended to the F-major Ballade. And so that hospitable front door of ours waited long for neighbors. The photos were posted online on Thursday morning, and it didn't take long for the snark to start. I inclose a copy of the answer, if not too long for your pages. I wondered awhile, but soon I began to long for a tin plate, and some bacon and beans. Then of a truth you will long for ironbark, or even homely oak. I could paddle at top-notch speed all night long for what's ahead of us. They went, however, and I waited long for food no wonder the gouty Sacristan was even too busy with his own provender to mind mine. Likewise, as it''s very exposed it wouldn''t take long for it to look grubby again if we painted it. Likewise, as it''''s very exposed it wouldn''''t take long for it to look grubby again if we painted it. Likewise, as it's very exposed it wouldn't take long for it to look grubby again if we painted it. Nor did it take long for every stronghold to pour forth its cavalry, and every hamlet its footmen. He had two years longer to serve, but two years were too long for him in the throes of homesickness. As paddle steamers are rare it did not take long for them to uncover her history. I've been at Weston-super-Mare a little too long for cannibals. I DIDN'T think it would take long for Lord Beecham to write into The Journal to respond to my critique, on Friday, of the maladroit way in which Newcastle City Council is run. Due to the construction of the house, Fire Chief Brian Hickey said, it didn't take long for the fire to jump from the first floor to the third floor and into the attic. She tried not to be envious or discontented, but it was very natural that the young girl should long for pretty things, gay friends, accomplishments, and a happy life. Show More Sentences I visit Saltburn Pier most days as I am a fisherwomen, and I long for Redcar to have the same, and see the crowds strolling along and taking in the sea breeze. Town started promisingly and were rewarded with an early penalty, which Richard Mahoney converted, but it didn't take long for DMP to respond with McTurk scoring. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of long for? What is the past tense of long for? Translations for long for Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words longfin long-faced long face longevity long-established Longest Longford long-forgotten longform long-form long gone longhair