lengthy passage

Frequency: 6.89.2 per million words

describes a passage, especially from a text, of considerable length

passageADJECTIVE + NOUN

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lengthy

Examples (10)

  • The professor read a lengthy passage from the novel to illustrate his point.
  • Students were asked to summarize a lengthy passage about the industrial revolution.
  • The violinist practiced the lengthy passage in the second movement repeatedly.
  • I found a lengthy passage in the memoir that perfectly captures the author's childhood.
  • The symphony features a lengthy passage for the solo flute near the end.
  • She quoted a lengthy passage from the ancient text during her presentation.
  • It took the scholar several hours to translate this lengthy passage accurately.
  • The pianist struggled to master a lengthy passage of complex arpeggios.
  • The lawyer pointed to a lengthy passage in the contract that was quite ambiguous.
  • After a lengthy passage of descriptive prose, the story finally moves to the action.