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Example Sentences

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Without that rehearsal, that would have been a long, very frustrating first day.

From Los Angeles Times

If a question is long or laden with metaphoric speech — “feeling blue,” “get it off your chest” — the time required only expands.

From Los Angeles Times

Angelenos who have long sought records related to alleged misconduct by sheriff’s deputies also cheered the court’s decision.

From Los Angeles Times

The center, just outside the burn area on Woodbury Road in Altadena, combines all the county functions involved in the rebuilding at one long desk.

From Los Angeles Times

The vice president pretended to pivot from “a longer discussion” of the subject, but then he immediately started pontificating about the culture’s “desire” to classify “celestial beings who fly around “as aliens.”

From Salon