How to Use longish in a Sentence

longish

adjective
  • She wore a longish coat.
  • He had longish black hair.
  • So even though the run-time is a longish 2 hours, 48 minutes, the show will move quickly.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Probably be back sometime over the longish weekend with some thoughts on the Fourth.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 30 June 2017
  • And after a longish expansion, the world economy is lacking vigour.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • And the longish average maturity of its bonds, around seven years, gives it breathing space.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • There are a few less- memorable courses, and the wait between them can be longish, but overall the service is good and most of the fare is first-rate.
    — New York Eateries, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Cruz spoke briefly to answer the judge’s questions in the first hearing, wearing a red jail outfit and sporting longish bushy hair and oversize glasses.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The lines were always longish and slow-moving, and those waiting were often confused as to exactly how the exhibit worked.
    — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, 6 June 2017
  • For a longish stretch, fans of the Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel had cause for selfish worry.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2017
  • Morels have hollow, white stems and longish, conical caps that have a pockmarked or honeycombed exterior.
    — Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Still, while teens may not be watching on the big screen, many are spending huge periods of time watching YouTuber in sometimes-longish shows.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • Overwhelmingly, stock prices respond over longish periods to two variables, earnings and interest rates.
    — Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Through much of the longish first scene, the authors stuff résumé excerpts and scraps of back story into envelopes of supposedly casual dialogue.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • If the events in Jackson’s spare script had been filmed at a conventional pace and with conventional stagings, the film would be a longish short, of maybe thirty or forty minutes.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Each has your standard adorable doggy head, a reasonable if not slightly longish torso, a lovely coat, captivating eyes and four preposterously short legs.
    — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • There’s something about filling in areas of intersecting longish words and phrases and there’s an aesthetic appeal of using relatively few black squares in symmetric fields of white.
    — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
  • This sizable sedan can also turn in a circle of less than 35 feet, and its longish tail provides a 17-cubic-foot trunk that also contains a pass-through to the rear seat with a watertight ski bootie.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Longtime readers of this blog will remember the relatively longish early post about the cancellation of the Video Games Live concert tour.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2006
  • Christopher Andersen, author of multiple royal biographies thinks Charles could still enjoy a longish reign given his parents' longevity.
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The longish-term option When Airbnb was founded, the nation was just emerging from the Great Recession and in need of bargain accommodations.
    — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 14 May 2020
  • The errand conveniently provided the opportunity for a longish highway test of Lexus’ newest luxury people-mover.
    — Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The 60-year-old Dickinson, in gleaming black leather pants, his longish graying hair fighting to stay in an uncooperative ponytail, was also a physical presence.
    — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 19 July 2019
  • The latest in a longish succession of arena-level dance-music acts who think like pop songwriters — think a more relaxed Avicii, or a smoother Moby — this duo was recently nominated for a pair of Grammy Awards.
    — New York Times, 14 Dec. 2017

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