Examples of lengthy in a Sentence
The process is both lengthy and costly.
a series of lengthy delays
Lengthier trips require more planning.
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Huddled around monitors on the home’s lengthy driveway, a group of crew members, assistants and publicists are cranking their mini fans to their highest settings.
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
Kawamura does his best to outplay his height on defense, getting up into the gut of lengthier guards to hound the ball.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a lengthy dissent to the order, which was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2025
The investigation was critical of the informal approach to complaints about Wallace made across the lengthy period.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
Kawamura does his best to outplay his height on defense, getting up into the gut of lengthier guards to hound the ball.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a lengthy dissent to the order, which was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2025
The investigation was critical of the informal approach to complaints about Wallace made across the lengthy period.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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“Lengthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lengthy. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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