a long story

noun

: a description of how something happened that is complicated to explain

"Why are you late?" "It's a long story. I'll tell you later."

Examples of a long story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In episode 3 Lamb tells a long story about an agent in post-Cold War Berlin being brutally tortured and his pregnant lover being killed in front of him. — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 21 May 2026

Samos has all the ingredients of a compelling cultural wine destination—ancient history, intellectual legacy, dramatic landscapes and a native grape with a long story of its own. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026

To make a long story short, this disabled parrot uses his half-beak to stab his adversaries. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 May 2026

That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for a long story

• allegory
• amatory
• auditory
• category
• clerestory
• crematory
• desultory
• dilatory
• dormitory
• excretory
• feudatory
• gustatory