long for
Example Sentences
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With time, electricity from solar panels and water from a well turned the grotto into a new home for the 33-year-old Emar, his two wives and 11 children, who nonetheless long for life above ground.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Though adolescents might not be easy to thrill, they long for great IRL adventures like the rest of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
But it didn’t take long for the war—and Americans’ response to it—to turn sour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The same review warned that waiting too long for official information can delay escape.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
It did not take long for the Cultural Properties Bureau to send down divers to probe the area where the celadon vases had been accidentally hauled in.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
