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Example sentences for "longer the"

  • With the day he went to the slit in the face of the rock, and in his astonishment he made no sound, but stared forth upon a world that was no longer the world he had left last night.

  • There was no longer the scent of man in all the wilderness.

  • But there was no longer the mother-yearning in his heart.

  • There was nothing left for him now but the old windfall, and his heart was no longer the heart of the joyous comrade and brother of Neewa, the bear.

  • Then the river itself dropped out from under him and he shot down in an avalanche of water, feeling no longer the drag of Miki's weight at his neck.

  • I could bear no longer the city, the Club, the office, the daily contact with my associates and clients.

  • Only--he was no longer the leader of the community; and even in his grace he had the air of deferring to the man who provided the bounties of which we were about to partake rather than to the Almighty.

  • I was, for the moment, no longer the self-confident and triumphant young attorney accustomed to carry all before him, to command respect and admiration, but a complicated being whose unity had suddenly been split.

  • She was no longer the gay, sprightly creature he had known at first.

  • No longer the careless, handsome youth, nor the honorless man, but a power!

  • Christine is no longer the little, unheard-of circus rider.

  • Many of her rights have been restored, and she is no longer the slave of hard task-masters.

  • There was no longer the threat of the whip hanging over those who refused to hear Protestant sermons; there was no longer fear of their missionary being sent back by the first ship to England.

  • You have crushed my life, and even robbed my death of its sanctity; for now it is no longer the martyrdom of my love, but only the savage mockery of my credulous heart.

  • Does sedition blaze so wildly in my land, that we have no longer the power to subdue it?

  • For you see well enough that I have no longer the power to withstand you; you see well enough that I love you.

  • She was now no longer the shy, timid girl, but the resolute, proud woman, who was ready to wrestle with fate for greatness and glory.

  • I have no longer the power to oppose your will.

  • It was no longer the "fierce countess," whose dashing execution had distanced all gentler rivals; it was a timid maiden, whose first love was finding utterance in entrancing melody.

  • It was now no longer the manes of the dead, but the spirits of the living, that they were intended to appease.

  • It was no longer the head of his rival, but of his old associate and son- in-law.

  • Bagdad was no longer the city of peace, the seat of the caliphs; but the noblest conquest of Holacou could not be overlooked by his ambitious successor.

  • Was there indeed anarchy in the sublime universe of Adrian's thoughts, did madness scatter the well-appointed legions, and was he no longer the lord of his own soul?

  • Love for you invested the world for me in enchanted light; it was no longer the earth I trod--the earth, common mother, yielding only trite and stale repetition of objects and circumstances old and worn out.

  • But you, who are not content to die, breathe no longer the air of France, or soon you will only be a part of her soil.

  • At length, when he could stand no longer the suspense of this inquisition, he stammered out: "I want you to be my wife.

  • But it was no longer the benefactor of Germany who fell at Lutzen; the beneficent part of his career Gustavus Adolphus had already terminated; and now the greatest service which he could render to the liberties of Germany was--to die.

  • It was no longer the spirit of the nation.

  • He was no longer the autocrat of Europe, but a miserable old man, who had lived to see irreparable calamities indicted on his nation, and calamities in consequence of his ambition.

  • But this pretty cottage is no longer the home of the famous angling club, which has gone a mile or two up the water and builded for itself a new dwelling.

  • It is no longer the height of pleasure to be half-drowned in Tweed, or lost on the hills with no luncheon in the basket.

  • The unit of fellowship was now no longer the denomination, but the community.

  • We had been shaken and distressed and tortured and driven, so that we were no longer the persons we once were.

  • The centre of life and allegiance was no longer the challenge of ancient controversy, but the cry of present day human need.

  • This is no longer the case; thanks to the general improvement in culture and the intensive participation of all in all kinds of business, head-work, as such, has lost its claim to exceptional wages.

  • He who buys such a stone in Freeland is like a man who should set his heart upon possessing a crown which was no longer the symbol of authority.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "longer the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    accompanied them; birthday present; broken glass; electoral college; flower water; individual things; longer afraid; longer alone; longer any; longer believe; longer doubted; longer existed; longer exists; longer extant; longer have; longer knew; longer loved; longer period; longer possible; longer stay; longer the; longer thought; mental activity; public opinion; then curs; through some