I had long since given up hoping for news when the letter finally arrived.

The long-haired cat slept peacefully on the windowsill.

The bakery had long dozens of buttery croissants lined up for the morning rush.

Archaeologists catalogued long hundreds of beads from the burial mound, realizing the community had used a non-decimal counting system.

The museum displayed long thousands recovered from the shipwreck, each labeled with its origin and age.

She wrapped the yard-long scarf twice around her neck to keep warm.

We planned a road trip for the long weekend to visit the coast.

Voters in the county were overwhelmed by the long ballot that listed every candidate for every office from all parties available in their district.

Voters complained about long ballots that took hours to fill out.

Scholars often debate whether to use the long s in reproductions of 18th-century texts.