long passage

Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words

describes a passage of considerable length

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Examples (10)

  • The old manor house had a long passage leading to the servant quarters.
  • I decided to read a long passage from the book to the children.
  • The pianist played a long passage of rapid scales with great precision.
  • They prepared the ship carefully for a long passage across the Atlantic.
  • The exam required us to translate a long passage of complex Latin prose.
  • We walked through a long passage deep underground to reach the vault.
  • This symphony contains a long passage for solo violin near the end.
  • A long passage at sea can be quite exhausting for inexperienced sailors.
  • The lawyer quoted a long passage from the contract to support his case.
  • A long passage connected the two main wings of the Victorian hospital.