How to Use a long time coming in a Sentence

a long time coming

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• Needless to say, Gauff has win bigger matches in her life and her grass career, but this was a long time coming.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 June 2026
• But for Peluso, her integration into the salsa world was a long time coming.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
• It’s been a long time coming Swift’s music has served as the soundtrack to a generation of adolescent heartbreaks and coming of age crises.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
• The main reason for that is that the Mexican’s key job is to be Pogačar’s final helper in the mountains, but this Tour debut has been a long time coming.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• For Slusser and other women who have fought this battle publicly, Tuesday’s ruling marks a legal victory that’s been a long time coming.
  — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026