How to Use long since in a Sentence

long since

adverb
Definition of long sincenext
  • The felony charge was dropped Feb. 15, but by then the Longhorns had long since moved on.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In much of the West, that window has long since passed.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
  • That has long since fallen from the ears of the mass public, of the mainstream.
    — Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Brackish, like the oceans that have long since dried up!
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2024
  • The stamping has long since died down — at least out loud.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2024
  • By then, May had already been on the loose for 3 1/2 years, and the trail to catch him had long since gone cold.
    — Michael Rubinkam, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Many of these projects are doomed attempts to plumb a well that’s long since run dry.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The delta that Leopold saw has long since dried up and disappeared.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • Sadly, the shining eyes of that era have long since dimmed.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • There are bleachers set up along the parade route but the seats have long since sold out.
    — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • All signs of the Monterey Park massacre have long since been cleared away.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The terms of anyone elected in 2016 have long since expired.
    — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
  • The post–Cold War peace dividend has long since been spent.
    — The Editors, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
  • They were not charged with a federal crime, and both have long since died.
    — Michael Goldberg and Allen G. Breed, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • After all, its been far too long since our toes saw the sunshine.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Among the papers are letters from friends who have long since died.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
  • The Israeli public has long since ceased to view him as a peace partner.
    — Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
  • By the time the album peaked at No. 3 here in the States, the Moody Blues had long since moved on, recording six more albums.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2023
  • Yet, nine months later, the news cycle has long since moved on.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 May 2024
  • By Tuesday evening, many of you will have long since mailed in your ballots.
    — Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Wages have long since soared well beyond that and are still rising.
    — Sean Higgins, National Review, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Still, the linoleum tiles in the kitchen have long since disappeared under layers of filth.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Many would agree that Tia and Tamera have come a long since their TV sitcom days.
    — Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Shëngjin has long since lost the atmosphere of an Afghan village.
    — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • If that was so, then what about the indoor man at the coffee shop who had long since run out of pity for the homeless?
    — William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • And many of those DLSS-compatible games have long since passed in and out of the gamer zeitgeist.
    — Chris Stobing, PCMAG, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The white capri pants that ran below his knees back in the day were long since traded in for more standard shorts.
    — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022
  • The Bank of Japan’s balance sheet has long since topped the size of the nation’s $4.7 trillion economy.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The blood has long since dried but has never been washed away — it was kept in place so that this jury could see it.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The days of rolling out the basketballs, routing an inferior opponent and signing autographs on the court afterwards have long since vanished.
    — Troy Renck, Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2024

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