at length
Idioms-
In full, extensively. For example, The preacher went on at length about sin , or I have read at length about these cameras . [c. 1500]
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After a long time, finally, as in At length the procession ended . [Early 1500s] Also see in the long run .
Example Sentences
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"I'll be discussing this with my therapist at length. At length!"
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023
At length he talked about how he flew it into Iraq over Christmas and was told to kill the lights on Air Force One as it came into land.
From Fox News • Mar. 2, 2019
At length she returns to her children, ever more liable to time’s assaults, to her own close brush with death in a riding accident, and to the sad progress of her husband’s late-onset muscular dystrophy.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018
At length, the Clinton campaign responded to Bush, as BuzzFeed’s Rosie Gray reported:
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2015
At length after fifteen days of journey the wain of King Théoden passed through the green fields of Rohan and came to Edoras; and there they all rested.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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