lengthily

Example Sentences

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The TMO confirms that the ball was grounded by Timoney after a lengthily review.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024

But after preliminary comments in a news conference with Oman Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, he quickly, and lengthily, turned to Ukraine.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2022

She hugs a young, confused first-time voter, lengthily, twirls a burly young bearded Clinton supporter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2016

Though the narrator and the author may not be identical, the wonderful details have the liberated onrush of memory: they tumble like things randomly released, not lengthily chosen.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 15, 2015

The leaves rustled again more lengthily while you could count a hundred, and then Maid Marian, who had done the rabbit’s thump, was surrounded by her band of twenty plus two.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White