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
  • Containing more than 100 original artifacts, the installation features quotations from the Franks, along with objects from their personal histories: furniture, friendship albums, correspondence, a Torah.
    Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Some of the messages in his work are explicit, writ large in huge quotations drawn from the writings of Richard Rohr, Dorothy Day, St. Therese and others.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This change coincides with the wider cultural context of a new Trump administration that has actively heightened discussions about online freedom of expression.
    Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • His collage-like editing, which emphasizes nature (trees, skies, seas, animals) along with drama, places actors in the context of a world rather than centering his cinematic world on acting.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In a clip shared by his partner Imani Nicole Rucker on Instagram (@imanixnicole), Fountain is jumping rope, with many commending his commitment to forging a path to parenthood.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Half of his face was painted with bright pink lipstick in the clip, while more makeup was smeared all over his nose and eyes.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.

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