adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a long-drawn-out court battle
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Netscape faces a long-drawn-out battle with software giant Microsoft.
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The long-drawn-out campaigns that precede every election in the US have already begun.
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This war is too one-sided to be very long-drawn-out .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Avoiding long-drawn-out negotiations and yet ensuring that everyone is in the know is part of the task of governors.
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It made a long-drawn-out noise which sounded like a high-pitched foghorn and backed away, raising its hands to its mouth.
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Mae was refused a visa and what looked like a short hiccup developed into a long-drawn-out campaign.
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The battle proved to be one of the most long-drawn-out takeovers ever, involving many twists and changes of fortune.
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The moment seemed to go on for ever, impossibly long-drawn-out .
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This long-drawn-out effort finally succeeded in 1920, and Ida Smedley was the first woman to be formally accepted into the Society.
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Whatever musings had abstracted me from the charms of the city fled before the lucidity of that long-drawn-out instant of disaster.