so long

Example Sentences

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"Why would hunters stop using a site that had worked for so long?"

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

It was “traumatizing, seeing that stuff on display for so long and then seeing it come down,” said James Ranger, a veteran hotel tour guide and Mission Inn Foundation docent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

"He'd started to stiffen because he had been there for so long, dead, with no-one noticing. It's horrific to think someone's loved one died with no one near them."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Nevada’s shiny Golden Knights were in the Cup not so long ago—they won it in 2023 and famously reached the final in 2018 as a fresh-off-the-shelf expansion team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The fur on its head was black, and so long that it reached right down to its shoulders.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver