How to Use long in a Sentence

long

1 of 4 adjective

• The bridge is the longest in the world.
• The team has had a long streak of wins.
• We drove a long distance.
• She finds it hard to sit still for long periods of time.
• They've had a long and happy marriage.
• The whale was 50 feet long.
• The company has a long tradition of serving its customers well.
• A day is 24 hours long.
• Ross went 3-of-7, and hit two of his six attempts from long range.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
• His long legs moved with a glider’s grace, and his long arm had the looseness of a whip.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• Cap off the longest day of the year by watching this trio welcome the shortest evening of the year.
  — Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 1 June 2023
• Her brunette locks were pulled back in a clip with some longer whisps hanging down from the side of her bangs.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• For a long while, Prigozhin looked like the solution to Putin’s problems.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
• We have been seasoned CMBS investors for quite a long time, for more than a decade.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• These options all come with sturdy and stylish straps that are long enough to wear like a purse or a sling.
  — Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2023
• At five feet long, this ramp is ideal for a short incline.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• It’s taken a long time to get there, and reading your column has helped!
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
• Sounds early like Makiya might be a little bit longer term.
  — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
• The pitching got better, the fences got longer and everyone caught up with me.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2023
• The city’s plans call for a span 3,300 feet long, supported by the existing piers.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• After a long lead-up, Black Friday 2023 is finally here with some of the best health and wellness deals of the year.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Health, 24 Nov. 2023
• The style even features chafe-preventing seams that are key for tough workouts and long walks.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
• Those who plan on carrying more stuff in the cargo box will want to opt for the longer standard-length bed versus the short bed.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
• The vacuum comes with a 2-in-1 brush, a long crevice tool, and an extensible tube.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• And so have the regulars, some of whom Stewart said she’s been serving for even longer than the 15 years she’s been at Breit’s.
  — Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
• How to Do It: Start in a long sitting position, with one leg extended out in front of you.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 12 Apr. 2023
• The best water filter pitcher with the longest filter life is the Epic Nano at 150 gallons.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• Everything from weather to long lines at polling places.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 30 July 2023
• The tracks, which are roughly a mile long, appear just north of As-Saifa in the northeast corner of Gaza, not far from the Israeli border.
  — Laris Karklis, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
• Benn: David’s a long term friend and collaborator of ours.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 June 2023

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long

2 of 4 adverb

• They'll have to wait a bit longer.
• We talked all night long.
• The extra food she brought did not last long.
• We had to leave long before we were ready to go.
• That meeting was way too long.
• The mall has long been a popular hangout for teenagers.
• It's been so long since we've seen each other.
• It's been much too long since we've seen each other.
• They have long been devoted friends.
• The more of both that go into it, the longer the paint will last.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 18 May 2023
• And the 60-year-old Chan has long been a creator who can read the room.
  — Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
• The Matadors took a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning, but that didn’t last long.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• Males and females of both species had long, curved tusks.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
• Young people have long struggled to amass the wealth needed to buy a home.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
• On average in the U.S., how long will a 65-year-old woman live?
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2023
• These deals won’t last long, so make sure to shop the Nordstrom Black Friday sale soon.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• In the 1980s, hemlines grew longer, waists got higher, and washes were lighter.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 July 2023
• The Corvette was long known as the last high-volume sports car with a traditional pushrod V8.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2023
• The company didn’t reveal how long the ad breaks will be.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• But Heav3n has been around long enough not to cling to one subgenre when defining itself.
  — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
• The lead didn't last long as Williams answered with a 3-pointer of his own on the next possession, and the Golden Lions led the rest of the night.
  — Tanner Spearman, arkansasonline.com, 13 Nov. 2023
• For your green thumb, find tips for saving money on houseplants and how to keep your plants alive longer.
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• Beware: Moore’s new novel shows the bereaved settling in the grave for a much longer embrace.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
• Then San Diego State grabbed four more long after those things mattered.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
• The work is considered one of the most expensive bridge projects in the country, and questions of how to cover the cost have long hung over the plans.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• In general, here are a few tips to help keep your tree topper steady and in-tact all season long.
  — Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
• Not long after, the Mystic River star was seen again with his new flame in Europe.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
• Kaiser Permanente has said the strike may cause high call volumes and longer wait times for patients.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• The days were typically 12 hours long but often stretched well into the wee hours of the morning.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Insect protein, long hailed as a sustainable food source, hasn’t caught on in the mainstream.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023

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long

3 of 4 noun

• Length The intense portion of the ride is about one-minute long.
  — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2023
• Chad Ryland is 7-of-8 on field goals, with a long of 53.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2022
• Charles Campbell has made 8-of-9 field goals, with a long of 51. ...
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2022
• Or is there a part of him that longs for the comfort of being the Big Dog in Portland?
  — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• In the early 2010s—the years Chayka longs for—the internet was all doge and doggos.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
• In the first half at Utah, the Ducks rushed the ball six times on first down for 25 yards with a long of 13 and had four rushes of three yards or less.
  — oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2021
• Tony Pollard had just 19 yards on nine carries with a long of eight.
  — Dallas News, 26 Dec. 2022
• Choose a stylish long, wool coat that’s belted at the waist for extra flair for only $150.
  — Jamie Hergenrader, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
• In the present-day storyline, Clare still longs for her mom, who died of cancer at age 45.
  — Matt Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
• Kelly missed the green long, Stricker managed to move it forward to the edge of a greenside bunker.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2023
• That doesn’t seem like something that would result in this long of a delay.
  — Drew Armstrong, Bloomberg.com, 14 Oct. 2020
• Smith has four receptions for 32 yards with a long of 12, and one carry for three yards.
  — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 25 Sep. 2021
• Ruggles went 4-for-4 on field goals with a long of 46 in his most productive day of the season.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
• McPherson hit 85% of his kicks through the regular season with a long of 58.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2022
• Burrow avoided pass-rushers and made throws, and even rushed for 28 yards on four carries - with a long of 11.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2022
• And that arrived when a long of 40 yards did versus wideout Laquon Treadwell and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
  — Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• Ariel, the youngest daughter of King Triton (Javier Bardem), longs to explore the above world, which is off limits to mer-folk.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 May 2023
• While not a romance at all, the film thrums with how much Sophie longs for the young father that, it’s implied, hasn’t been present in her life for decades.
  — Vulture, 20 Feb. 2023
• Grindle leads a joyless existence and longs for peace and quiet.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2023
• Safety Terrence Brooks left in the first half with a bruised long, did not return and was scheduled to spend the night in Indianapolis.
  — Michael Marot, Chron, 17 Oct. 2021
• His previous long was a 50-yard run against Miami in Week 1.
  — Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2021
• Obviously, [there is] a long of anger toward Dr. Rudolph and a lot of feelings about Dr. Rudolph bled over…to the trial and the sentencing.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 26 June 2023
• To most of the U.S., this kind of heat for this long is a bit abstract, even as cities more used to blizzards than heat waves have grappled with their own short stretches of 100 degrees.
  — Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2023
• Among the big timbers, a twelve-foot long, two-inch-thick slab of cypress that spent untold years submerged in the delta or the bay before being dislodged to wash up on the shore.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• Even all those years later, Frankie still longs for Fran, and the two have a dynamic that continues to ruffle Leo’s feathers.
  — Charna Flam, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
• Uiagalelei averaged a modest 3.7 yards per carry against Louisville with a long of 11.
  — Todd Shanesy, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
• Myra longs to be invited to one of the dinner parties mentioned in the society page of the local newspaper.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• Feeling trapped in her dead-end existence, Hazel longs for wider horizons, different people and places — in short, a change.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
• So that now the singer longs to see a man again, as well as a river, and longs to take away the man’s daughter, and also banishes the river, and perhaps also banishes the man the river is named for.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• Golden Hour Pants With a trendy flare and sweater-like knit material, these pants are the ideal fall travel garment that’ll keep you comfortable and cozy all-day long.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2023

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long

4 of 4 verb

• Where the film shows its heart is in the way Willy longs for his late mother (Sally Hawkins).
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
• So’s work defines a life of longing — and will leave you longing for more.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Cano had longed to be a father, and to that point, the couple’s efforts to have a child had been fruitless.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2023
• The Free dyes and Perfumes create an inviting scent that is sure to leave you and your guests longing for more.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
• Manning so nailed the mannerisms and soul of a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who longed for stardom that Davis also felt confused.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
• But Henson longed to be recognized by his own name, and for his own achievements.
  — Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2023
• Like most of the teenagers in her orbit, Lisa longs to be with someone who can relate to her disdain for the drudgery of everyday life.
  — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023
• The other is the teenage son of a successful defector named Soyeon Lee, who longs to reunite with her child.
  — Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• The field still longs for a better grasp of which neural circuits respond most to antipsychotics.
  — WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023
• Yet the hurdles aren’t deterring all of those longing to return to China or visit for the first time.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
• Natasha's soul longed for something more during her lowest points.
  — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• Actress Halle Bailey as Ariel, the iconic mermaid princess who longs to be part of the the mysteriously world housed above the ocean floor.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 27 May 2023
• While startups everywhere have longed to be named the next unicorn, yearning to be the next camel company in 2023 will prove its worth.
  — Abdullah Snobar, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• That bright future ahead, though, didn’t keep her from longing for some of the previous installments.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
• Longtime fans longing for the next J.J. Stokes may have found their man in the California transfer who combines speed, size and sure hands.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
• Still, Lloyd Webber longed to be thought of as a serious composer.
  — Vulture, 28 Mar. 2023
• The live-action reimagining starring Halle Bailey as the mermaid princess who longs for a life on dry land debuts in theaters this week.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
• Tiny figures seem too far away for conversation but not far enough to long for one another.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• But eventually the pair headed home, longing the next day would be better.
  — USA Today, 15 May 2023
• Its fantasias are more melancholic, its themes of longing more resentful.
  — Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
• Blocking the Pacific storms Bay Area residents who have been longing for a break in the rain can thank the return of high pressure for this weekend’s calmer weather.
  — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2023
• Since then, all members have gone on to pursue solo careers — with Styles’ especially taking off — and fans have longed for the day when the group might reunite again.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
• Compared to relying on flashes of inspiration in the past, Shang now longs for a more stable creative source.
  — Billboard China, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2023
• Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• On her latest album, Broken Hearts Club, Syd takes a moment to long for acknowledgement.
  — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2022
• Despite the long-standing problems, something about Rolling Fork leaves residents longing for it.
  — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• Bandy also longed to leave a tangible mark on the Burbank community.
  — Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• Floyd is a salty French fry who longs for leaving the kitchen for adventures such as sailing the sea, climbing a mountain, and even visiting his family in Idaho.
  — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
• Tender-hearted Maisie is studying to be a veterinarian, which her mother once had longed to be.
  — Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• With each word out of the fifth-year manager’s mouth, another bottle of champagne popped in anticipation of a moment this team has longed for.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024