impossibly long
Frequency: 6.89.9 per million words
Referring to a length or duration that seems to exceed all reasonable expectations.
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- The journey seemed impossibly long as the train crawled through the night.
- She had impossibly long legs that seemed to stretch on forever.
- She stared at the impossibly long queue, knowing she'd be late.
- The journey seemed impossibly long as they drove through the desert.
- The meeting dragged on for an impossibly long time, with no end in sight.
- The meeting felt impossibly long, with no end in sight.
- He grew an impossibly long beard during his year of travel.
- The queue at the concert was impossibly long, snaking around several blocks.
- The shadow stretched impossibly long across the desert landscape.
- He possessed an impossibly long memory for details, recalling every conversation.
- It felt like an impossibly long wait for the exam results.
- The shadow cast by the ancient tree was impossibly long in the setting sun.
- The engineer designed a bridge with an impossibly long span.
- It was an impossibly long climb to the summit, testing their endurance.
- Despite the impossibly long odds, they managed to win the championship.
- The child's hair grew impossibly long, reaching past her waist.
- Her hair was impossibly long and flowed down her back.
- They faced an impossibly long list of tasks before the deadline.
- The documentary covered an impossibly long historical period in just two hours.
- Her explanation was impossibly long and convoluted, making it hard to understand.