so long

Example Sentences

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Hard to believe it was ending after so long.

From Literature

He’d been around so long he could sniff out a lame cadet excuse from a mile away.

From Literature

I was thinking 'what are they doing, why is it taking so long?'

From BBC

He was influenced by a Stanford economic historian named Paul David, who showed why it took so long for electricity to yield gains in productivity in the early 20th century.

From Barron's

“I was going every week to the concerts,” she says, “but it took me so long to see somebody that looked like me.”

From Los Angeles Times