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
• That has long since fallen from the ears of the mass public, of the mainstream.
  — Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• All signs of the Monterey Park massacre have long since been cleared away.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Wages have long since soared well beyond that and are still rising.
  — Sean Higgins, National Review, 25 Jan. 2023
• Still, the linoleum tiles in the kitchen have long since disappeared under layers of filth.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
• Many would agree that Tia and Tamera have come a long since their TV sitcom days.
  — Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2022
• Shëngjin has long since lost the atmosphere of an Afghan village.
  — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
• If that was so, then what about the indoor man at the coffee shop who had long since run out of pity for the homeless?
  — William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• And many of those DLSS-compatible games have long since passed in and out of the gamer zeitgeist.
  — Chris Stobing, PCMAG, 30 Mar. 2022
• The white capri pants that ran below his knees back in the day were long since traded in for more standard shorts.
  — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022
• The Bank of Japan’s balance sheet has long since topped the size of the nation’s $4.7 trillion economy.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The blood has long since dried but has never been washed away — it was kept in place so that this jury could see it.
  — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
• The chef has long since learned not to try to make conversation with my father.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• The home sits among high-rises that have long since replaced its neighbors.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• And with the Tigers’ hopes long since dashed and coach Bryan Harsin fired weeks ago, the other side of the rivalry is playing for pride, too.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 19 Nov. 2022
• That aid has long since dried up, those interviewed say.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
• The rest of its convoy had long since given up hope and departed for St. Michael.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
• Alaska has long since been on the top of many a family’s bucket list.
  — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• Christmas has long since passed, but the Kansas City Chiefs are still getting some shiny new toys to play with.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2024
• Yet Kraushaar believes the RAF had already long since ended.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024