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long-drawn-out
[ lawng-drawn-out, long- ]
adjective
- lasting a very long time; protracted:
a long-drawn-out story.
- of great length; long:
a long-drawn-out line of soldiers.
long-drawn-out
adjective
- over-prolonged or extended
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Word History and Origins
Origin of long-drawn-out1
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Example Sentences
How little did she realize the long drawn-out agony that was even then beginning for her sisters in that ill-fated entrenchment!
During so long drawn out a suspense I tried to ease the tension by dictation.
Then, such an explosion and a sort of long drawn out ei-ei-ei-ei cry of horror from the Turks.
This was the net result of the little engagement; but it was very long drawn out at the time.
The Presbyterian Church was crowded, the exercises long drawn out.
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