be long

Frequency: 9.5150.0 per million words

used to describe the length of something

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Examples (10)

  • Are you sure two hours will be long enough?
  • The movie is going to be very long, so bring snacks.
  • Her hair used to be quite long before she cut it.
  • The journey will be long, but worth it in the end.
  • I hope the meeting won't be too long.
  • The rope needs to be long enough to reach the ground.
  • This winter seems to be exceptionally long.
  • For the recipe, the cooking time must be long enough.
  • Their engagement was rumoured to be long before the wedding.
  • The queue at the bank tends to be very long on Mondays.