Examples of not long for this world in a Sentence
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Mega Evolution was not long for this world, but its legacy lives on as the first and most celebrated of the generational battle gimmicks.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
But Thomas was fragile and buzzing and not long for this world; Frost was solidifying.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
The beer is poisoned, and Billy is not long for this world.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Feb. 2025
Two words: Digital services. —Is awkward Alexa-speak not long for this world?
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
In the presence of this tiny terror, fish are not long for this world.
—Patrick Huyghe, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
But Wolff proposes that the empire Ailes and Murdoch built is not long for this world: The old generation is fading, and the new one doesn’t have the stomach to run a crypto-fascist propaganda machine.
—Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023
That restaurant, however, is not long for this world.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023
That inclination itself—to skip Chevron guidance in favor of the newer major questions approach—is likely a sign that Chevron is not long for this world.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 July 2023
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
But Thomas was fragile and buzzing and not long for this world; Frost was solidifying.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
The beer is poisoned, and Billy is not long for this world.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Feb. 2025
Two words: Digital services. —Is awkward Alexa-speak not long for this world?
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
In the presence of this tiny terror, fish are not long for this world.
—Patrick Huyghe, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
But Wolff proposes that the empire Ailes and Murdoch built is not long for this world: The old generation is fading, and the new one doesn’t have the stomach to run a crypto-fascist propaganda machine.
—Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023
That restaurant, however, is not long for this world.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023
That inclination itself—to skip Chevron guidance in favor of the newer major questions approach—is likely a sign that Chevron is not long for this world.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 July 2023
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“Not long for this world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20long%20for%20this%20world. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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