long odds
Example Sentences
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Henry’s archers carried longbows that cost little, drawn by men trained in every village across the kingdom.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Others bear the names of lost trades, like the Mercers and Bowyers, who traded cloth and made longbows.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2019
Showing the marvels of scientific progress, by the 1560s guns were causing more accidental deaths than longbows.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2011
That image continues to shape popular culture even when no longbows or green tights are in evidence.
From New York Times • May 22, 2010
Groups of fieldmouse archers nocked thistledown shafts to the strings of their longbows.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
