longness

Example Sentences

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Long faces of the form pictured by No. 12 exaggerate the longness and leanness of their faces by wearing their locks like looped curtains.

From What Dress Makes of Us by Quigley, Dorothy

"But there's nothing beautiful about longness," persisted Mollie.

From The Happy Adventurers by Middleton, Lydia Miller

The longness or shortness of a vowel is one thing.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The V-shaped arrangement, either in cut or trimmings, apparently increases her "longness and leanness."

From What Dress Makes of Us by Quigley, Dorothy

You see, the shortness or longness of them makes the difference in the notes, and the distance between gives the time.

From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela