Thesaurus / long-drawn-out

long-drawn-out

How to use long-drawn-out in a sentence

It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.

CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU

And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"

As long as may be necessary, Sam,” replied Mr. Pickwick, “you have my full permission to remain.

The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.

Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.

"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.

THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.

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