"long" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Coming after a long promotional buildup, it was covered as a news event by local television stations.
- He made a long buildup, which meant it was going to be the bombshell.
- The long, slow buildup to the inevitable showdown keeps the reader turning the pages.
- The long buildup to our relationship didn't exactly hurt, but what really allowed me to let go (in all ways!)
- Two of his favorite westerns, it is pointed out, are essentially a long buildup to a climactic confrontation.
- Anticipation is half the pleasure of a meal, but 20 years is a very long buildup.
- The drama had exploded into vacuity after its long buildup.
- The first act is a long and superficial buildup to the opening of the new ward.
- There had been a long buildup to the crisis.
- It's been a very long buildup," she says, "and on the whole Gary's not too bad.
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