Example sentences for: longish

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

  • My bewildered associate drafted a longish letter of apology for giving the neighbors offense.

  • It's a longish list, I'm afraid, but most of Scott's mistakes should be obvious to anyone who can read.

  • At a stretch, one might regard it as a book of (rather longish) quotations dealing with a particular theme.

  • It ought to be self-evident from the subject matter that those who are squeamish about seeing “naughty” words in print should avoid reading the book, which is a longish monograph--the best and most comprehensive I have seen--analyzing the ways in which English speakers deal with taboo words.

  • One could write a longish essay on the allusions conjured up by the words Dickensian, Kafkaesque , and Orwellian , yet none of these (among thousands of others) are represented.


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