longueur

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Recent Examples of longueur The images in which Wenders frames Hirayama at work are elegant, but the editing of them is brisk, cutting the routine down to a handful of exemplary moments that celebrate the laborer’s attentive care while eliding its longueurs. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 What the play offers is a few longueurs about life and, importantly, an all-night party, rendered with blurry economy and Dionysian delight. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023 Like that Chopin ballade, a good routine has light and shade, fast sections and longueurs. Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020 This enthusiasm is a blessing for the longueurs to come, as one by one the cast spins out the inscrutable tale of the annual Jellicle Ball, when all the street cats of London convene to dance and sing. Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 4 Jan. 2020 Sitting through the longueurs of Simon’s book shouldn’t have to be the penitential price for our enjoyment of the musical portion of the show. Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 23 June 2018 And even with its longueurs, the book is full of wonder. Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017 Fortunately, the novel’s exciting ending helps to compensate for its longueurs. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017 A lot of the material is thus delivered semi-impromptu, with all the stutters and longueurs that entails. Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longueur
Noun
  • Adding to the complexity of the undertaking—and to its emotional import—are quotations from a Fugue in B-flat composed by Ives’s father.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Then, the creator of that quotation can select the winner.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In the context of project management, this underscores the importance of risk management.
    Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
  • In the context of Herbert’s Dune, the multi-millennia-long conspiracy in human engineering necessary to yield a messianic hero of startling apocalyptic power sounds supercool, giving Paul a Chosen One stature of virtually unparalleled magnitude.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Unfortunately, instead of making the clip that attaches to your clothing a peg or similarly sprung clip, King Smith has opted for one reminiscent of a plastic paperclip.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Upset at what happened, Ben-Dov took the clip to Reddit for clarification.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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