long-drawn-out
lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
of great length; long: a long-drawn-out line of soldiers.
Origin of long-drawn-out
1- Also drawn-out, long-drawn .
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How to use long-drawn-out in a sentence
Cadets mimicked his commands, which he issued in drawn-out syllables in his high-pitched, mountain-inflected voice.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut what they really need is a good, invigorating, clarifying, drawn-out fight.
What Republicans Need Right Now Is a Good Internal Fight | James Poulos | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe finally died in a drawn-out battle with his Irish mobster nemesis, John Morrissey.
Even if a case can now be brought to try Hussain, it will probably be drawn out in the British courts for years.
Altaf Hussain Finally Arrested in London; Can His MQM Be Neutralized? | Bruce Riedel | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut true to form in this drawn out debate, what we are witnessing is a lot of politicking over what is fundamentally a non-issue.
The best pipet is a small glass tube which has been drawn out at one end to a tip with rather small opening.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddHow little did she realize the long drawn-out agony that was even then beginning for her sisters in that ill-fated entrenchment!
The Red Year | Louis TracyDuring so long drawn out a suspense I tried to ease the tension by dictation.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThen, such an explosion and a sort of long drawn out ei-ei-ei-ei cry of horror from the Turks.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe feast of St. Michael's has drawn out the Portuguese gentlewomen, of whom we had not yet seen one walking in the streets.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
British Dictionary definitions for long-drawn-out
over-prolonged or extended
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