How to Use weeklong in a Sentence

weeklong

adjective
  • We attended a weeklong training conference in Atlanta.
  • The Rangers spent the first half of their weeklong Bay Area road trip in Oakland.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This year, 56 campers arrived in Utah’s alpine for the weeklong camp.
    Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2022
  • Now in its third year, 32 campers signed up for the weeklong camp, from a range of backgrounds.
    al, 19 June 2022
  • Then, in late May, Ms. Nie was at a weeklong trade show in Shanghai.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The first rain of a weeklong series of storms arrived in the Bay Area around noon Wednesday, Feb. 14.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The start date of the weeklong event, which begins June 19 and runs through June 25, wasn't picked by accident.
    Genesis Malone, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2022
  • That mission will bring a crew of four on about a weeklong mission to orbit the moon, but not land.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Over 100 of them were released during a weeklong cease-fire last month.
    CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, your weeklong cruise vacation takes longer than a three-hour plane ride.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
  • Mention the weeklong gap in between games and Brandon Miller smirks.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The weeklong case took place at Guernsey County Court and a verdict was reached by a jury in less than three hours.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Whenever there was a weeklong break from school, my mom and I flew to Taiwan.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The agreement was the first between Israel and Hamas since a weeklong cease-fire in November.
    Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The last two days of our weeklong vacation were rapidly getting swept away by the current.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
  • House leaders brought the bill to the floor in order to help end a weeklong blockade by far-right Republicans.
    Annie Karni, New York Times, 15 July 2023
  • Over 100 hostages were freed during a weeklong cease-fire in November.
    TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Need a little breathing room on a weeklong visit to your sister’s house?
    Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The 70-liter model is large enough to pack a lot of things—enough for a weeklong trip (and maybe more with the right packing cubes) or a small family’s gear for a weekend trip.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Roughly half the hostages in Gaza were released during a weeklong cease-fire in November.
    Melanie Lindman, Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Gossip from the show’s set can generate a weeklong news cycle.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The weeklong event’s main gate was closed, leaving the attendees in a virtual lockdown.
    Daniella Silva, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Biden made his remarks at a news conference in Madrid at the end of a weeklong series of meetings with allies in Europe.
    Jim Tankersley, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022
  • Neither Russia nor Ukraine has yet had its turn to speak during the nearly weeklong series of speeches.
    Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The range also was comprised of pieces that a whip-smart and financially savvy crew of friends would have worn for a weeklong vacation to Las Vegas.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Consider a round-trip ticket from Chicago to Phoenix for a weeklong break in mid-February.
    Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The weeklong camps focus on a range of topics, from trail stomping to mural painting to theatre to good old-fashioned summer camp.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Even as other young civilian women were released during a weeklong truce in November, there has been no sign of her.
    NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The weeklong operation netted 149 such arrests, the office said in a statement.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Following a weeklong truce, Israel is pounding targets in southern Gaza even as the U.S. urges it to protect civilians.
    Najib Jobain, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2023

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