How To Use Longer In A Sentence

Intellectual Dublin seemed no longer to consist of writers, but of folk singers, bearded or otherwise.
Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
It takes about eight seconds for a pair of lobsters to copulate; it takes a lot longer to get them into the mood.
Don't go for a camera with longer than 5x to 6x optical zoom unless you plan doing a lot of telephotography! MyCE News, Articles & Reviews
To be back and be sharp takes a bit longer. The Sun

They will be slightly more expensive but they last a lot longer.
He doesn't mean any of us impoliteness, but he needs a bit longer to warm to us.
He argues that the two main parties are no longer capable of holding together the divergent views within them. Times, Sunday Times
Looking through the casement was the visage of the mariner, no longer stern, but moved with unutterable emotion, and tears, yes, tears trickling down his weather-beaten cheeks. Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earle's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamen
It's really weighing her down because she's not living up to her ideals any longer.
Long drives will no longer be the chore they used to be in a small car. The Sun
Britain is no longer green and pleasant. The Sun
And it is no longer the province of secularists and the left, but is increasingly fanned by religionists and the right.
Literature is no longer "bookish" -- but practical, social, propagandist. Studies in Early Victorian Literature
When the matador realises the bull is weak and unable to charge much longer he will reach for his killing sword and seek to manoeuvre it directly in front of him with its head down, so that he can administer the death stroke.
The state has also passed laws that are inimical to the short-term interests of particular capitalists, but necessary in the longer-term interests of capitalism itself - for example, health and safety legislation.
His posture improved so much that his clothes no longer fit.
I regret to say that we can't stay here any longer.
It was a responsible situation he felt for a boy of thirteen, and he meant to do his very best to keep it now that he had been lucky enough to get it; in the far-off future, too, he saw himself no longer the van-boy, but in the proud position now occupied by Joshua as driver, and this he considered, though a lofty, was by no means an unreasonable ambition. Our Frank and other stories
The state broadcaster has been transmitting the Angelus on television for 40 years and longer on radio.
With the collapse of the Soviet economy, prisons could no longer function as an industrial monolith.
This nascent bleach can also react with primary or secondary amines to form longer lasting, antimicrobial chloramines.
For example, male orangs are typically much larger than females and have longer canine teeth.
And even those who'd retired in the fullness of time were no longer secure from retrospective investigation and changed pensionable status. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
In the first half maybe evern longer, his art was much more clean, smooth, and linear, whereas much later, he developed the blockier style of Kirby. Top 100 Comic Book Runs #30-26 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
They said that as their longer "taciturnity" might cause the ruin of his Majesty's affairs, they were at last compelled to break silence. The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84)
It is generally longer than it is wide and its floor slopes downwards towards a junction either with another valley or a plain.
Rounds are no longer written in modern musical styles, and remain untouched by developments in chromatic harmony, atonality, jazz idioms, serial structures and folk modes.
Synlube is far too light in viscosity, and no longer in production. Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn: Safe crank removal?
While price pressure is a huge factor in who can and cannot survive on the land, it behoves us to take the longer-term view, if at all possible, to ensure that we maintain a balance between rural and urban living.
No longer will I worry about favorites wrecking their seasons with three bad games.
Some of the German people were all of a sudden no longer Germans but Czechs or Poles.
A City priest vowed yesterday that he is no longer willing to turn the other cheek and tolerate the repeated acts of wanton vandalism to the windows of the presbytery which is also his home.
With longer life expectancy it is inevitable that less will be passed on to the next generation. Times, Sunday Times
With higher tumor load and delayed administration after tumor implantation, dendritic cells were no longer effective.
It's no longer all about the little wifey having the hubby's meal on the table at 6pm on the button.
In the 1970's the two-way radio made a big difference in making up trains and the brakeman were no longer giving signals with lanterns and lighted fuzees.
It would also release more time for doctors, who would no longer need to cope with people presenting illness as a cover for their real aim - the chance to talk to a sympathetic person about their personal problems.
A case involving an unrepresented litigant can take 2 or 3 times longer to complete than one where the parties are represented.
The game is no longer played for the thrill, but for quite different reasons. Times, Sunday Times
The partial phase of such an eclipse lasts for much longer, some hours.
Often the founders or their descendants, they tend to take a longer-term view than purely financial investors and are more concerned with issues such as reputation. Times, Sunday Times
We are hoping that the pier will be fully opened within two weeks but some of the rides may take longer to replace.
Honsha carries are a sword with a snaky curved blade and a short dagger - like weapon with a slightly longer hilt and a blade curved backwards.
'If I told you what we both know," Kathryn quipped, `it won't take us any longer! A SHRINE OF MURDERS
The low boot cuff allows you to maintain the tuck position longer and with less effort.
The UK industry no longer relies on casual labourers with a fork to spread muck. Times, Sunday Times
Not only are policemen getting younger, but people are living longer - ten years more on average than a generation ago.
Clinton almost delivered his own political obituary in droning on far longer than he should have, although by 1992 that was mostly forgotten. Your Right Hand Thief
[H] adrian be living on, mud and rocks no longer be a physical wall in upper Ruralshire, but like derivatives, the way to take an asset and mystify them so that the common members of Pee can still have voters. on March 26, 2009 at 8: 50 pm | Reply nightjack Location, location, location. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
It was no longer uncommon for patients to be lying on hospital trolleys for up to four days.
But the use of hanja took much longer to go away, certainly, and you'll still sometimes see it in certain situations in the ROK though not in newspapers, though it was banned in the DPRK. Kaplin's Simplifiid Speling, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
No longer able to sell his craftwork, he has found it difficult to carry on his work on the church. Globe and Mail
Written tests and performance in one's courses are no longer the only route to higher education or the only index by which students are evaluated.
Second, women have a longer expectation of life than men.
She has sunk into the background in the past two weeks - friends say that she has had enough of the stress and has decided to no longer face the public gaze.
They also contain ingredients that make them stay in the stomach longer, it solidifies and makes it harder for the milk to digest.
Criticisms were made that the decision to honour or dishonour cheques was no longer made by experienced bankers with the necessary skills, but passed on to less experienced bank staff to cut costs and save time.
Often the founders or their descendants, they tend to take a longer-term view than purely financial investors and are more concerned with issues such as reputation. Times, Sunday Times
This increased activity continues for some seconds, longer than the time required for any language processing of that information.
The idea that s. 8 protects an individuals’s privacy in garbage until the last unpaid bill rots into dust, or the incriminating letters turn into muck and are no longer decipherable, is to my mind too extravagant to contemplate. SCC: No Privacy Interest in Things We Throw Out : Law is Cool
By rolling down the cover crop in spring instead of mowing it, the cover crop takes longer to decompose and becomes a weed-suppressing mulch.
The common law should sanction injustice no longer. Times, Sunday Times
We're surrounded by families with kids in every direction so I no longer feel shame for wearing my trackies and having unkept hair at three (ok six) in the pm.
We want a minimum one-year custodial sentence-longer for repeat offenders and organised gangs.
But it is no longer entirely ad hoc. Times, Sunday Times
And the guilt-burthened Soul is no longer opprest. Captivation and Liberty in Wordsworth's Poems on Music
After many repetitions, the moment comes when the telling of the trauma story no longer arouses quite such intense feeling. Trauma and Recovery
Throughout the 1990s, under the previous administration - which is no longer giving support to this moratorium - those proposals foundered.
Now that marriage no longer means much, why not let couples or triples or quadruples of whatever variety get married?
The charity added that birds that no longer performed had their necks wrung. Times, Sunday Times
The station is so sprawling and packed with vehicles that it took longer than usual for Discovery to be tightly cinched down. Discovery arrives at space station
We work harder and longer than ever before without rest, despite all our time-saving home devices and services.
A bloodless revolution is possible, but only if it's supported by a clear majority of the populace, who are no longer afraid to say what they think for fear of being shot.
This was a cosy arrangement, but it is no longer viable.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. Napoleon Bonaparte
Everything goes well until one critical day when the wooden clogs are no longer usable.
Longer working hours have combined with security fears which have made many parents reluctant to let children play unsupervised in the garden or visit public places without a harness.
The tailorbird splices the short fibres together to make longer pieces.
She explained it would make my legs look longer. Times, Sunday Times
Everything takes much longer, as too many people are boarding at any one time and blocking the aisles near the prime seats.
The recent diminution on the international scene of these three nations means less illustrious sides are no longer gripped with a fear factor when facing what have tended to be considered behemoths of the game.
Just suppose that cloning a human was no longer a remote possibility, but a scientific reality.
James Joyce's view that the Irish view the British through the ‘cracked looking glass of a servant’ no longer pertains.
In fact once they have worn a sunsuit and realise that they no longer have to suffer two hourly suncream applications, children become very keen indeed to wear their sunsuits which offers great peace of mind to Mum and Dad!
He was no longer a farmer, just an ordinary man who owned the clothes he was wearing and nothing more.
At first she baulked at the idea, saying she no longer performed those pieces.
The old ferryman has become so frail that he no longer rows the ferry.
Inside, the guards were no longer lounging about with a bored air but stood at attention next to the body.
But in the longer term fragmented, divided, accountable-to-no-one-but-the-president, un-transparent, corrupt and internally feuding armed forces could all too easily be sent off to fight to satisfy internal power struggles. Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net
Today, we no longer gasp when we hear a teenage girl is pregnant or whisper about unmarried couples who live together.
Additional info: One of my references says that this plant is no longer found on Kahoolawe, which is strange because hinahina is the island plant of Kahoolawe, as 'ilima is for Oahu and lokelani (a non-native plant, by the way) is for Maui. Starbulletin Headlines
This miserableness went on as much as six or seven minutes; but it seemed a sight longer than that. The War of The Worlds
Because most self-adhesive stabilizers are tear-away, they'll give good results on designs with light stitch counts, but often don't hold up on denser or longer running designs.
Half an hour is five minutes longer than it used to take from the flat.
The builder could no longer rely on eye alone; the Renaissance was a time for an order based on detailed knowledge.
Her black hair was no longer wild and untamable.
The organic materials in grounds, gilding, paint films, and varnishes become embrittled with age and can no longer flex to accommodate movement in the support.
Mandela added that economic development would, however, in the longer term undo the socio-economic conditions responsible for a large part of the problem of crime. ANC Daily News Briefing
The longer the time elapsed, the less likely that the informant has retained freshness of recollection or can offer new information.
The only sad thing is that the process is taking longer than their debut album suggested.
The flaw in this style is it's concentricity, which will no longer convince growing adherence by new audiences - since increased accessibility to information has changed the rules of argumentation. Come Here Said the Spider to the Fly
Some have large flowers with longer spurs, while others have shorter spurs with double flowers, depending on the species.
Most people are unaware that apples stay fresh two weeks longer if kept cool in the fridge. The Sun
Its balance of financial and armed clout should give it a longer shelf life than the Soviet Union, whose military establishment bled its command economy to death.
Marquis Conrade, thy wit begins to halt; I will trust thy finespun measures no longer, but will try my own. The Talisman
A spokesman for the Conservative party said that since she had had the whip withdrawn from her she could no longer have any of the normal backing given to Conservative MPs.
Those who fish for lobster dive longer and deeper, just to make money to buy more cocaine.
The hawkers, or dragon nymphs are longer and thinner and they patrol up and down looking out for prey on which to swoop.
The two could no longer coexist and it was therefore a class struggle between the Southern slaveholding aristocracy and the Northern capitalist democracy.
He studies the Forest for a time longer, until the sun begins to rise above the deadland and fields to his left, but the silent presence and lack of overt threat does not change. The Magi'i Of Cyador
One of these went past me as I stood by the roadside, rising very gradually into the air and repeating all the way, _Chip, chip, chip, chip_, till at last he broke into the warble, which was a full half longer than usual. Birds in the Bush
The longer the performance went on, the more girly my "awing" became. The Daily Collegian Online - News
She no longer gives interviews, and has been suffering from chronic insomnia. Times, Sunday Times
But now with the internet and e-books, and the slowdown of the high street in general, it's come to the point where we can no longer cover our overheads," he continues, referring to the Formby branch. BBC News - Home
But the longer the game stayed goalless, the better for Arsenal. The Sun
The pronator radii teres, no longer opposed by the supinator brevis, had rotated the anterior fragment into complete pronation and fixed it there, while the supinator brevis, acting on the upper end, had rotated that fragment in an opposite direction and held it fixed until bony union at the point of fracture had taken place. With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
The word compromise had no place in her vocabulary - she lived on her terms and when she could no longer do so, she preferred to die rather than become an appendage to someone else's life.
In some respects, teams are almost penalized for converting first downs in the two-minute drill because it just takes that much longer to get the next play off.
Taskbar is still annoying, everything looks worse than vista, my soundcard still doesn't work (probably creative's fault, but still, it's flawless in vista and 'Buntu), and it actually takes longer to boot than vista for me (or does it need to' mature 'like Vista does?). Windows 7′s Best Underhyped Features | Lifehacker Australia
But it's no longer permissible to sit on the sidelines making snide comments.
Increasingly, parties no longer mobilize for action. MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES
He was no longer talking to her, merely venting his rage out loud.
One resident who couldn't take it any longer has gone to stay with family in Scotland.
No longer the torch-bearer of iconoclasm, the scourge of intellectual hypocrisy, I had become instead mere target practice for Banner Wavers Anonymous.
And he rubbished the idea that people in Britain no longer go out. Times, Sunday Times
Secondly, the services became longer in duration. Working with Teenagers
As missions get longer, adaptation of the somatosensory and motor control systems starts to be important.
I no longer drank black coffee nor smoked, so I could only chew my almonds and sip my herb tea.
Writers no longer take note of the assists credited to a shortstop or second baseman.
I get this itch after three months, that no amount of medicated talc can take away: My latest theory is related to the fact that I have rarely lived anywhere longer than two years.
In a final blow she received a text message saying that she could no longer attend cabinet meetings. Times, Sunday Times
We no longer lump seals, whales, dolphins and fish all together. Times, Sunday Times
It means rail passengers will no longer have to transfer to buses for journeys around Stockport.
That causes such hassles for retailers as longer police-response times, as well as less-frequent snow plowing and trash pickup.
As for communications equipment, the snipers need small, easily packable radios and a good directional antenna to allow for longer-range communications.
Stenography is no longer a marketable skill.
More than half of cancer patients requiring an urgent referral are having to wait longer than two months.
That this witty pioneer of the blogosphere, who made her name deflating the pretentions of the insider club of thin-skinned mediawhores no longer identifies with that sentiment is a cautionary tale. Hullabaloo
They no longer have to trawl streets at random with their equipment to find vulnerable homes; they can now purchase software that can identify such households remotely. Times, Sunday Times
It took longer than he had expected to persuade Floy to agree.
Rising waters would uproot prosperous farmers from the fertile riverbanks, forcing an estimated 100,000 people to move to higher ground where they could no longer plant corn and wheat.
As I am done breeding and no longer lactating, is there a plan off attack of what to do with those no longer productive members of the herd? Milk, It Does A Body Good | Her Bad Mother
Digital technology makes it easier to prevent signal theft and it means better voice quality and longer battery life.
He does credit himself with a good sniffer though and claims that his thick moustache is both a blessing – pleasant smells linger longer – and a curse – the bad ones do too. Something Stinks « So Many Books
The common law should sanction injustice no longer. Times, Sunday Times
Progressively, larger objects substantially increase the timescale for collapse over still longer wavelengths.
The youngster, who suffers from dyslexia and severe learning difficulties, no longer attends school or college.
And over a period of months or a year, or even longer, the nerves will have to re-grow and re-innervate those muscles. CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2006
They learn that anginal chest pain may diminish or disappear within 10-14 days in some patients while others may take longer. Kathy Freston: Heart Disease: A Toothless Paper Tiger That Need Never Exist
Drinking more water has made a difference in my skin, and I no longer have chapped lips all the time.
In all but parts of eastern Slovakia, the stress is on the first syllable of a word; longer words (three or more syllables) have secondary accents.
Therefore I reasoned, the longer I left it before I started sewing, the longer it would be before I was squinting well into the night unpicking it.
The pressure has now reached such a pitch that White can no longer hold out in the centre, but must declare his intentions. Times, Sunday Times
She mentally reviewed his no longer youthful figure, his monastic face, black-haired and large-nosed, with eyes full of expression, his curly mouth, at once judgmatic and benevolent. Flowering Wilderness
Having been reduced to penury, struggling to survive, they no longer serve as an effective political opposition.
If the wood is thicker than three-fourths of an inch, you can either substitute longer screws or counterbore the interior surface of the door or drawer so that the screw head is recessed into the wood.
Such short-term monitoring is not uncommon, but both Louisiana and Pennsylvania have monitored other sites for significantly longer periods — often months — before reaching conclusions. States' tests for toxic air near schools called into doubt
But except for the Florida felines, as far as one can tell, wild cougars no longer live east of the Mississippi.
Therefore, the interval between cancer detection and death is longer in screened patients than in unscreened patients.
The ideals of liberty and equality were no longer the exclusive preserve of democracy. Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century
The spirit of my father grows strong in me, and I will no longer endure it; therefore allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes. Act I. Scene I. As You Like It
The shop and cafe were once a thriving business and despite a recent upturn in fortunes, a three-year period of losses have led to charity chiefs deciding it is no longer financially viable.
Under the four-year agreement, teachers will get 15% raises - but in exchange for givebacks, including working a longer day and a longer year.
In the event of a power outage, the inverter is no longer able to detect the grid and will not produce power.
If it takes longer than 20 or 30 minutes to get to sleep, do not lie in bed becoming anxious about sleeping.
The title of the movie refers to the proverbial elephant in the living room - the big problem that is ignored for so long that people are no longer able to recognize it.
The big fella no longer is demanding a trade, which wasn't feasible anyway, or to be waived, which was unlikely.
Patients with full range of motion in the early postoperative period may be immobilized for a longer period, because they are less likely to develop a stiff shoulder.
A celebrity, the Zu-Zu, the last coryphee whom Bertie had translated from a sphere of garret bread-and-cheese to a sphere of villa champagne and chicken (and who, of course, in proportion to the previous scarcity of her bread-and-cheese, grew immediately intolerant of any wine less than 90s the dozen), said the Cecil cared for nothing longer than a fortnight, unless it was his horse, Forest King. Under Two Flags
Nor much longer till it ceased to be a griskin -- having altogether disappeared from his fingers, followed by a gurgling sound, as half the contents of the canteen went washing it down his throat. The Lone Ranche
For these two are no longer categories in an existential phenomenology of Attention or Tyrolean woodcraft but fully amortised within the evident detritus of the Second World War, constantly alluded to in The White Stones.
My sister-in-law has recovered from the shock, and we feel safe again now that Pepe is no longer in the house. An unexpected visit
Sometimes seen feeding alongside vultures at carcasses is the longer-necked and larger-headed crested caracara (Polyborus plancus), a hawk with distinctive markings. Did you know? Mexico's vultures have very different eating habits.
Bringing down protectionist barriers is likely to take rather longer. Times, Sunday Times
You must resign yourselves to waiting a bit longer.
Looking up, he saw Evander who was looking straight into the distance at the land that would not be seen for a while longer.
built their nests" in the tree: the Greek word has no such meaning; the word merely means "to settle or rest upon" anything for a longer or shorter time; nor is there any occasion to suppose that the expression "fowls of the air" denotes any other than the smaller insessorial kinds -- linnets, finches, etc. Smith's Bible Dictionary
My biga and soaker sat in my fridge for 3 days -- you don't need to wait 3 days, 12 hours is the minimum, but I figured that the longer it sat, the tastier it would be, and I knew I wanted to serve the bread with a lamb stew I would be making (and will be sharing with you). Archive 2008-10-01
A much longer pause ensued, and Rolloniss casually walked across to the edge of the cliff, staring at the vast, unobscured countryside.
The P4 has a small parastyle and the labial side of this tooth is longer than the lingual side.
But he fears that is no longer a possibility at the cash-strapped club. The Sun
The agricultural chemicals and the fuel are no longer available.
And now we no longer have the world's first man-rated non-throttleable first stage. ULA Briefings Show that EELVS Can Replace Ares 1 - NASA Watch
Highly polished bluing - probably the most beautiful of all the finishes - is no longer financially feasible in the small gun shop.
But in the longer term there are supportive arguments for not aggressively underweighting the sector.
So like preemption, in today's supercharged political climate, unilateralism and multilateralism no longer convey any meaning.
After each titration step, samples were allowed to equilibrate for at least 6 min (longer waiting times did not furnish deviating results).
The year would be split into six rather than three terms, with two before Christmas and none longer than 38 days.
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
Your credit card is no longer valid.
Duty is no longer determined in abstraction from the consequences or vice-versa.
Take some of the pressure out of dressing your home for the holidays by decorating for the longer winter season rather than for just one specific occasion.
On leaving this we dug a hole and let the remainder of the water into it, in the hope of its longer continuance, and halted after a long journey in a valley in which there was a kind of watercourse with plenty of water, our latitude being 28 degrees 21 minutes 39 seconds. Expedition into Central Australia
A version of a Donovan song longer than his entire career?
It's where I am reminded that I no longer have to sit next to a goggle-eyed 4th grader with a milk mustache while opening my Gilligan's Island lunchbox and staring with disbelief at yet another soggy braunschweiger sandwich.
She rationalized the expense by saying that the costly carpet she had bought would last longer than a cheaper one.
Police departments would no longer have a ready supply of easy busts, where a lot of money and glamor is involved. Page 2
A life peerage is no longer a life sentence. Times, Sunday Times
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. Albert Einstein

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