Adjective : a long-drawn-out story. ,a long-drawn-out line of soldiers. From Dictionary.com.
He was in no mood for a long-drawn-out engagement. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Lens]
The result was a long-drawn-out and bloody stalemate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Korean War Veterans Being Remembered Worldwide - June 25, 2000] Reference
It was a curious noise-a kind of long-drawn-out groan!. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventurous Four Again]
He began to make a strange sound, a long-drawn-out moan. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Acton's there was a long-drawn-out hoot for his especial benefit. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
Despite the apparent move forward in the long-drawn-out conflict. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
CROWLEY: Giant briefing books and long-drawn-out meetings bore him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Coming Years Will Test Bush's Political Skills - January 20, 2001] Reference
Involuntarily he whistled a long-drawn-out whistle, for this is what. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
What worries me is not the long-drawn-out campaign, but the first strike. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk Eternal]
The long-drawn-out, sweet notes of "Reveille" rang out in the frosty dawn. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference
Do not present a long-drawn-out and padded dance that will weary everyone. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
Think of the long-drawn-out disappointment for her; not even lobster sauce!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914] Reference
He fell back a little, and uttered a single, long-drawn-out, trembling ‘Ah!’. From Wordnik.com. [Dream tales and prose poems] Reference
Poor girl, all this long-drawn-out business was getting on her nerves, I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Unnatural Death]
As he padded back to bed, he passed Toddy's room and heard a long-drawn-out sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Decision at Doona]
I fancied other notes, long-drawn-out, languid like the strains of an Æolian harp. From Wordnik.com. [Dream tales and prose poems] Reference
"Ah!" uttered Robert Garrett in a long-drawn-out syllable, reaching for the evening paper. From Wordnik.com. [Idle Hour Stories] Reference
It is possible so to enfold a truth in long-drawn-out sentences as practically to conceal it. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
At that precise moment a long-drawn-out shriek echoed across the wilderness of tumbled stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Pharaohs]
But their cry, that long-drawn-out, hungry call, gave the picnickers a chill of apprehension. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
Janice that it gave her legs "the twidgets" to listen to one of Walky's long-drawn-out stories. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
I listened; it was a harmonious melody — now long-drawn-out and plaintive, now swift and lively. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero of Our Time] Reference
In the nineteenth century they fought the British imperialists in a long-drawn-out war of attrition. From Wordnik.com. [Change Of Mood: Now No One Is Raising Voice Against Pakhtuns' Genocide] Reference
"Eee, " said Mma Tsau, under her breath, using the familiar, long-drawn-out Setswana word of assent. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Shoes And Happiness]
I couldn't bear the thought of a long-drawn-out battle, or of exposing our marriage to public scrutiny. From Wordnik.com. [John]
New stage in long-drawn-out controversy sufficient to create profoundest interest in to-day's proceedings. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
From the assembled staff, few of whom had heard of Tony, there was a long-drawn-out “Ooh!” of disappointment. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Princess and the Photographer] Reference
He, too, had to listen day after day to long-drawn-out attempts to hurt people, and make them stultify themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Over the River] Reference
"It's apt to be a long-drawn-out job -- and dangerous," commented Mr. Swift as he lunched with Tom in their office. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
He was a gaunt, long-drawn-out man, owning a straggling, gray beard, a pair of brown, twinkling eyes, and a nasal voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play] Reference
It is impossible in cold print to indicate the mournful and long-drawn-out accent on the word "dead," to rhyme with head. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis] Reference
Only now, under the stress of a long-drawn-out conflict, is it discovering the variety and strength of its latent forces. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 21, 1917] Reference
It was a kind of long-drawn-out note that he created, beginning softly, then rising, then dying away almost to a whisper. From Wordnik.com. [Casey Jones] Reference
This action gives seal lovers hope that their long-drawn-out tug of war over a tiny patch of beach may be in the homestretch. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Markarian: Aquatic Accommodations] Reference
The refusal of the Arab States to enter into negotiations with us is simply an extension of their long-drawn-out intransigence. From Wordnik.com. [For The Attainment Of Peace] Reference
British officials said trade issues, including the long-drawn-out search for a world trade agreement, dominated the day of talks. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
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