long-drawn-out

Example Sentences

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The Ellisons acquired Paramount for $8 billion in August after a long-drawn-out process that required approval from the Trump administration.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

Plenty of other long-drawn-out union processes, like the first Chipotle restaurant to successfully organize, will be further stymied.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

“You could see how with different goals it could be a long-drawn-out war,” he said.

From Washington Times • May 13, 2022

If it did, that could complicate the already long-drawn-out process of convicting Mohammed and the defendants of charges stemming from the 9/11 attacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2020

Then it came, the long-drawn-out bawl of the tree bark.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls