for any length of time

idiom

: for more than a very small amount of time

I get sick if I ride in the back seat of a car for any length of time.

If you're in town for any length of time, be sure to see the museum.

Examples of for any length of time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The need to pay duties on the millions of low-value packages coming from China each day also risks slowing a shipping system built to move parcels quickly and that is ill-equipped to store large quantities of goods for any length of time. —Laura Gottesdiener and Stephen Eisenhammer, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025

Plants should never be transported in a cold trunk or allowed to sit in a cold car for any length of time. —Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025

To prevent damping off, avoid overwatering and never let the trays or containers stand in water for any length of time. —Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025

Fostering animals for any length of time helps provide extra space for the shelter to bring in other pets and gives that animal a place to unwind, heal and grow. —Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for for any length of time

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime