After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.

1717, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot,[…], published 1717, OCLC 43265629:

A sense of fairplay would dictate that 2 years is more than a reasonable period of time for this study to be completed and for Congress then to take such action as it deems right and proper.

The gala-dress of the guardesses was decent, and not uncomely. A narrow fillet of blue or white cotton bound the hair, and the bosom was concealed by a sleeveless waistcoat of various colours[…]