lengthy

How To Use lengthy In A Sentence

• The result was a lengthy and noisy competition in self-abasement and mutual re-assurance.
• A lengthy police investigation failed to produce any evidence on which the suspect could be convicted.
• We clip newspaper articles showing lengthy sentences for repeat offenders.
• For the first month of Ricardo and Felicity's affair, they greeted one another at every stolen rendezvous with a kiss -- a lengthy, ravenous kiss, Ricardo lapping and sucking at Felicity's mouth as if she were a giant cage-mounted water bottle and he were the world's thirstiest gerbil. Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-3-2010
• Lengthy mouthfuls of Latin can be off-putting and difficult to remember for many.
• Those who attack health care workers deserve nothing less than lengthy jail sentences.
• Forecasters at the Met Office expect most of the country to be basking in sunshine during a lengthy spell of dry weather. Times, Sunday Times
• Liquid-fueled DF-5A missiles may not employ storable liquid fuel propellant, possibly requiring a lengthy fueling process before firing.
• He actually foresees a lengthy period in which the United States and China are likely to have rather cooperative relations.
• The night's lengthy endurance challenge involved seven teams racing against the clock.