"lengthy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

lengthy adjetivo

lengthy + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 199
lengthy process • lengthy period • lengthy career • lengthy discussion • lengthy battle • lengthy interview • lengthy list • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 37
(12) article, feature, editorial
Kolokacji: 3
(15) trial, run, chase
Kolokacji: 3
(18) stay, visit, sojourn, vacation
Kolokacji: 4
(24) trip, ordeal, experience
Kolokacji: 3
(25) silence, slump
Kolokacji: 2
(27) absence, interval, separation
Kolokacji: 3
(30) affair, ceremony
Kolokacji: 2
1. lengthy affair = przydługa sprawa lengthy affair
2. lengthy ceremony = przydługa ceremonia lengthy ceremony
  • Carried out on the scale of a Hollywood epic, this lengthy ceremony involved thousands of lanterns, illusionistic columns and a huge tabernacle, among other things.
  • The firing squad, with its usual solemn and lengthy ceremony was used infrequently, with the most common method being the unexpected firing of a pistol bullet into the back of the head.
  • Gravely he went through that somewhat lengthy ceremony.
  • By custom, internment was not a lengthy ceremony on Altair.
  • Eight new banners were raised to the rafters during a lengthy and loud ceremony before the Red Wings' home opener against Dallas.
  • "Perhaps a wardess of the Star might be able to do so, but it would require a lengthy ceremony, one we could not conceal."
  • A brief moment of excitement in the lengthy ceremony came when Mr. Rabin had accepted his prize and started to return to his seat.
  • In the Tibetan tradition, 'dutsi' is made during drubchens - lengthy ceremonies involving many high lamas.
  • The lengthy ceremony of closing ends with the installation of a cover, which has to be strong enough to prevent well-fed Long Islanders from falling right through.
  • That sounds a might more empirical than the process here at The Week Ahead, which involves a lengthy ceremony involving chicken feathers and goat's blood and much crossing of the fingers.
(33) questionnaire, preamble
Kolokacji: 2
(36) contract, apology
Kolokacji: 2
adverbio + lengthy
Kolokacji: 6
fairly lengthy • somewhat lengthy • relatively lengthy • unusually lengthy • potentially lengthy • ...

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