Examples of a (good) long while in a Sentence
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Something that would stick around for a good long while.
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Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The child’s upset was so understandable that the audience laughed for a good long while.
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
Winrevair is the first new type of drug to come along for patients with PAH in a long while, said Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, a pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and a spokesperson for the American Lung Association.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The project, Jenkins added in a subsequent interview, had been in development at Lucasfilm for a long while.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
This avuncular, down-for-anything attitude has been part of Giamatti’s charm for a long while.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
The name of Byron, for a long while, tolled like a bell.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
This will be a wide-open competitive race and probably without a clear front-runner for a long while.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Another sat for a long while by the trap, just looking at it.
—Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The child’s upset was so understandable that the audience laughed for a good long while.
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
Winrevair is the first new type of drug to come along for patients with PAH in a long while, said Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, a pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and a spokesperson for the American Lung Association.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The project, Jenkins added in a subsequent interview, had been in development at Lucasfilm for a long while.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
This avuncular, down-for-anything attitude has been part of Giamatti’s charm for a long while.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
The name of Byron, for a long while, tolled like a bell.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
This will be a wide-open competitive race and probably without a clear front-runner for a long while.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Another sat for a long while by the trap, just looking at it.
—Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
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“A (good) long while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20%28good%29%20long%20while. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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