Example sentences for: long

How can you use “long” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Long ago, I concluded that both these mysteries must remain forever unfathomable.

  • Bradley's campaign has been long on sentiment and short on solutions.

  • Myosin-II recruitment to the cortex and to the cleavage furrow cortex depends on the thick filament-state of this molecular motor [ 5 6 7 8 ] . The ability to form thick filaments is regulated by phosphorylation of three threonines near the tail of the long coiled-coil.

  • After all, it's OK to buy a stock you know to be overvalued as long as someone else--it doesn't matter whether it's a skeptic or an optimist--will pay even more for it.

  • Given the whiteness of those images and the long history of denying intellectual aptitude to African-Americans, it's surely good news that in America today, the word "intellectual" is as likely to evoke Cornel West as Susan Sontag.


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