Sentence examples for a long lesson from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a long lesson" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a lesson that takes a significant amount of time to complete or covers a lot of material.
Example: "Today's class was particularly challenging because it was a long lesson on advanced calculus."
Alternatives: "an extended lesson" or "a lengthy lesson".

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"I played in the Faldo Series and he took time to give me a long lesson there.

The religious history of Japan since the introduction of Chinese culture in the fifth century A.D. and the arrival of Buddhism in the sixth has been a long lesson in the stubborn resilience and adaptability of the native cult of polytheistic nature worship called, to distinguish it from Buddhism, Shinto.

Without it, Shakespeare's Henry plays would be little more than strident nationalism (in fact Hal owes more to that prince than to the Hal in "Infinite Jest"), "The Remains of the Day" a long lesson in butlering and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" a simple Russian example of pre-Babbittry.

In reality, it meant a long lesson in patience.

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For 13-year-old Hidayah, 12-year-old Jibreel, 10-year-old Mikaeel, 8-year-old Israfeel, 6-year-old Raqeeb and 4-year-old Ebaadah, life has been a long lesson shaped by 9/11.

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A long road and a very long lesson in becoming myself.

"My friends' parents fight about money too". A dad's life is one long lesson in reality.

She said no, and admitted that she simply needed to learn a long, hard lesson.

And then he launches into a long history lesson, which takes in Waterloo, the fact that Wellington was an Irishman, and the fact that "Thatcher made everything worse".

As we number in the millions, perhaps this is the only way for him to receive a long overdue lesson in civics.

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