lengthiness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The lengthiness of that process aside, there isn’t the faintest hint of legal violations — nor does the New York Post’s story suggest as much.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

And often lengthiness can be the absolute soul of wit, as in Proust or Dickens.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2019

Even the lengthiness weights and certifies a story that, if told concisely, could merely seem lurid.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have thought it better to make these observations thus early, although it must be obvious they are the results of my subsequent experience, and I feel I ought to apologize for their lengthiness.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.

I do not apologise for the lengthiness of this quotation—it is so much to the point, and is replete with instructive ideas.

From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous