for any length of time
idiom
: for more than a very small amount of time
I get sick if I ride in the back seat of a car for any length of time.
If you're in town for any length of time, be sure to see the museum.
Examples of for any length of time in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Clearly, the odds of a business built from scratch succeeding—let alone thriving—for any length of time aren’t great.
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Adam Coffey, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
This is a story about secrecy and intimacy, cooperation and competition, affection and disaffection and sundry smaller and bigger challenges that will be familiar to most anyone who has been in a relationship for any length of time.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
That will be the status of the Rams’ rapidly dwindling playoff hopes if Stafford is sidelined for any length of time.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
Operate in the modern music industry for any length of time and someone is bound to recite this famous quote from Hunter S. Thompson in your direction.
—Tim Ingham, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
So the energy costs to keep this thing chilled for any length of time become very expensive, very quick.
—Vulture, 18 Apr. 2023
At a deeper level, the cumulative force of the imagery evokes a sensation familiar to anyone who inhabits a place for any length of time.
—John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2021
Don’t invest in anything that requires you to tie up funds for any length of time.
—orlandosentinel.com, 26 Nov. 2020
But the Browns can ill afford to be without their starting corner for any length of time.
—cleveland, 28 Aug. 2020
Adam Coffey, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
This is a story about secrecy and intimacy, cooperation and competition, affection and disaffection and sundry smaller and bigger challenges that will be familiar to most anyone who has been in a relationship for any length of time.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
That will be the status of the Rams’ rapidly dwindling playoff hopes if Stafford is sidelined for any length of time.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
Operate in the modern music industry for any length of time and someone is bound to recite this famous quote from Hunter S. Thompson in your direction.
—Tim Ingham, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
So the energy costs to keep this thing chilled for any length of time become very expensive, very quick.
—Vulture, 18 Apr. 2023
At a deeper level, the cumulative force of the imagery evokes a sensation familiar to anyone who inhabits a place for any length of time.
—John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2021
Don’t invest in anything that requires you to tie up funds for any length of time.
—orlandosentinel.com, 26 Nov. 2020
But the Browns can ill afford to be without their starting corner for any length of time.
—cleveland, 28 Aug. 2020
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“For any length of time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20any%20length%20of%20time. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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