long-termer

Example Sentences

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We know he’s not a long-termer from the start when he conks out on an enthralled Millie’s shoulder during a live opera performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021

John Lithgow remains the likely winner here for playing Winston Churchill in The Crown as SAG voters are fans of voting for at least one long-termer a year.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2017

“There’s more security in here than out on the street,” said Mr. Rodríguez, a thick-necked long-termer who barks orders into a cellphone.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2011

In Alabama, if a State prisoner or long-termer escapes from his employer, he must pay into the public treasury $200, and $100 if a county prisoner or short-termer escapes.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

I could not bring myself to the point of sending Dorgan, guilty as he doubtless was, back to the living death of the "long-termer."

From Branded by Lynde, Francis