long-drawn-out

Example Sentences

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

From Slate

He pledged publicly to stay in Brooklyn and engaged in long-drawn-out talks with New York City officials about building a new ballpark.

From New York Times

Mistry was ousted as chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the $300-billion salt-to-software Tata conglomerate, in a boardroom coup in 2016, sparking a long-drawn-out legal tussle on which India's top court eventually ruled in Tata Group's favour.

From Reuters

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

From Washington Times

The Global War on Terror proved, in some sense, a long-drawn-out version of Britain's imperial Suez disaster.

From Salon