How to Use long since in a Sentence

long since

adverb

• 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
• Most of the heavyweights had long since advanced to the knockout rounds.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2020
• The mutant virus had long since gained a foothold and spread widely.
  — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2021
• Sadly, the shining eyes of that era have long since dimmed.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• But Trump’s team had long since grown numb to such critiques.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
• By now, his movie has long since succumbed to its own brio.
  — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• 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
• And it's been too long since the Tigers possessed a true power threat in the lineup.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2021
• All signs of the Monterey Park massacre have long since been cleared away.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• But the time for studying this issue has long since passed.
  — Edward J. Markey and Mondaire Jones, CNN, 15 Apr. 2021
• Yes, there was that miracle in 1966 but the game had long since passed them by.
  — Bill Saporito, Time, 9 July 2021
• 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 thrill of the daily promenade has long since faded, erased by the car.
  — Melissa Rossi, Washington Post, 27 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
• But even Small sounded a bit surprised it's been that long since the Saints beat the Broncos.
  — Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 27 Nov. 2020
• The Walmart along the I-65 Beltline has long since reopened.
  — al, 4 June 2021
• In short, the furlough money has long since been spent and many travelers who wanted to visit theme parks have now done so.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024