Robert — her long-dead, bitterly mourned Robert — resurrected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond the Sunrise]

The people living there say it is haunted by a long-dead little girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Are There Ghosts? - April 3, 2001] Reference

A long-dead foreign leader, then, has become a kind of partisan figure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Editor’s Desk] Reference

And long-dead animals whose species are almost extinct could create new life.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Frozen Zoo aiming to bring endangered species back from the brink] Reference

Before his illness he had been the best friend of the bride's long-dead grandmother.    From Wordnik.com.  [At a Welsh Wedding] Reference

He felt a stabbing of jealousy for the long-dead Eurwyn Evans, the man she had loved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Truly]

A dagger with a ruby in the hilt, and a long-dead, tainted city called Shadar Logoth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dragon Reborn]

Huge tendrils hung down over it from high above, the fossilised roots of long-dead trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crusader Gold]

Vra-Kilian suspected that the long-dead Darasilo had something to do with the tomb occupants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conqueror's Moon]

There is no way anyone can, or should be asked to, atone for the sins of a long-dead ancestor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

NOVAK: Jon, there seems to be an enormous amount of interest in these two long-dead statesmen.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2004] Reference

Aspects were long-dead and liked to get out of the cramped cerebral spaces where they were stored.    From Wordnik.com.  [Furious Gulf]

Quickly, before the spell dissipated, Morhion read the spidery runes written in a long-dead tongue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curse of the Shadowmage]

Perhaps, by the application of principles long known to them, this long-dead body could be made to live again!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eternal Wall] Reference

LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, a son uses radio waves to connect with his long-dead dad in the new movie "Frequency.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Can We Tune in to Those Who Have Passed on? - May 5, 2000] Reference

Amid the debris and dirt from the wall of the ninety-three-year-old house was the detritus of a long-dead packrat's nest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard Truth]

But they were all mixed up together, her longing for a long-dead husband and her yearning for the man who had betrayed her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Truly]

Weeds grew in profusion between the cobbles, and the terra-cotta tubs contained only the brittle skeletons of long-dead plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fox Evil]

It's a lot bigger, too. — "Time to pay the piper," Killeen said, repeating a mysterious phrase his long-dead mother had used.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tides Of Light]

Isaac was only a shrunken slice of a real, long-dead human personality, of course, mostly just old lore that might come in handy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Furious Gulf]

Ragan, I'm extending my offer for this bridge I own in Brooklyn, because I need the money to get my long-dead mother an operation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: Tongue Digging] Reference

In the older forests tall young trees are often seen growing in a ring round an empty spot, the long-dead stump having rotted away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories of California] Reference

Once more the lightning flared, scything through the first rank, the long-dead horses collapsing with bones cracking and splitting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lion Of Macedon]

There were pages of genealogies, repetitive accounts of miracles performed by long-dead saints, and endless theological speculation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

The entrance lobby of Western Pediatric Medical Center was walled with marble slabs engraved with the names of long-dead benefactors.    From Wordnik.com.  [When The Bough Breaks]

Billy the Kid is one of our most beloved criminals, so much that Governor Bill Richardson is mulling a pardon for the long-dead antihero.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bleak Picture For Young Black Male Students] Reference

"Other popular ones include imagined e-mail correspondence between long-dead historical figures and parodies of the Times corrections column," she says.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Original' 'Humor'] Reference

I hadn't thought about this stuff in 25 years, but yes, if there is an object that links my life with that of my long-dead aunt, it might very well be a coin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heaven's Gatekeepers] Reference

Space scientists are already talking about where they'll send the rovers; should they head for long-dead volcanoes, since we suspect life on Earth evolved at hot spots?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Seas] Reference

And while other long-dead genres are enjoying a renaissance -- "Chicago" revived the musical, "Pirates of the Caribbean" the swashbuckler -- the Western seems out to pasture.    From Wordnik.com.  [PERISCOPE] Reference