Examples of a (good) long while in a Sentence
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Tesla shareholders are set to vote on Mr. Musk’s pay on June 13, and court battles are likely to continue for a long while.
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Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Fairy Godmother, who has known him for a long while.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
For the first time in a long while, the governments of the United States and North Korea are negotiating in good faith.
—John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2019
The board is hot-swappable, which should be a bonus for keyboard tinkerers and those looking to invest in a single keyboard for a long while.
—PCMAG, 26 May 2024
What happens now they’re sidelined — and in Lee’s case, perhaps for a long while?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Like most of the older books in the one-room library, somebody a long while back had carved an octopus symbol into it, this time inside the back cover.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Something that would stick around for a good long while.
—Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The child’s upset was so understandable that the audience laughed for a good long while.
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Fairy Godmother, who has known him for a long while.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
For the first time in a long while, the governments of the United States and North Korea are negotiating in good faith.
—John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2019
The board is hot-swappable, which should be a bonus for keyboard tinkerers and those looking to invest in a single keyboard for a long while.
—PCMAG, 26 May 2024
What happens now they’re sidelined — and in Lee’s case, perhaps for a long while?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Like most of the older books in the one-room library, somebody a long while back had carved an octopus symbol into it, this time inside the back cover.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Something that would stick around for a good long while.
—Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The child’s upset was so understandable that the audience laughed for a good long while.
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
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“A (good) long while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20%28good%29%20long%20while. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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