How to Use a long story in a Sentence
a long story
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And, to make a long story short, birds see these colors.
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Quanta Magazine,
21 Aug. 2025
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Gutfeld instead told a long story about a drunken Fallon wrestling him to the ground.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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Heinola had great luck in terms of making the NHL early, poor luck with injuries and a long story with ups and downs in between.
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Murat Ates,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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To make a long story short, the missing money was shifted to an insurance company (and Monty maxed out coverage on the house and planes) to avoid paying any income tax.
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Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
14 Dec. 2025
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