Synonyms of longueur

longueur

noun

as in quotation

Related Words

• quotation
• context
• locus classicus
• clip
• citation
• excerpt
• sound bite
• sample
• purple passage
• snippet
• extract
• passage
• selection

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of longueur

The images in which Wenders frames Hirayama at work are elegant, but the editing of them is brisk, cutting the routine down to a handful of exemplary moments that celebrate the laborer’s attentive care while eliding its longueurs. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024

What the play offers is a few longueurs about life and, importantly, an all-night party, rendered with blurry economy and Dionysian delight. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023

Like that Chopin ballade, a good routine has light and shade, fast sections and longueurs. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020

This enthusiasm is a blessing for the longueurs to come, as one by one the cast spins out the inscrutable tale of the annual Jellicle Ball, when all the street cats of London convene to dance and sing. — Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 4 Jan. 2020

There are conspicuous longueurs and characterizations that barely reflect the complexity of an Instagram reel let alone the greatest gothic novel in English literature. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Sitting through the longueurs of Simon’s book shouldn’t have to be the penitential price for our enjoyment of the musical portion of the show. — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 23 June 2018

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