Sentence examples for a long three from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a long three" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of basketball to refer to a three-point shot taken from a considerable distance from the basket.
Example: "With only seconds left on the clock, he made a long three to win the game."
Alternatives: "a deep three" or "a distant three-pointer".

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A long three weeks.

It has been a long three years.

A long three hours it is.

The first round is a long three games.

It was going to be a long three weeks.

"I think it's been a long three years," Eaton said Saturday.

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Bryant brought the Lakers to within one on a long three-pointer with 24.2 seconds left but they didn't foul right away.

Below the chapel on a steep mountain path, past the tiny stone cave of the Chapel of St. Michael and a stark white cave used by Francis, we entered a long, three-foot-wide cleft between two towering rocks, marked by a rude cross of sticks.

Washington got within three when John Wall made a long three-pointer from the wing with 1 15 left.

In the fourth quarter with the Indians leading, 34-28, Muir's Tahniya Sweatt converted a long three-pointer to cut the advantage to three points.

Nine outs away from a division series-clinching victory in Toronto, Texas committed three consecutive errors and gave up a long three-run home run to Jose Bautista that capped a four-run seventh inning, giving the Blue Jays a 6-3 vintory in Game 5. Six months later, the implosion still reverberates through the Rangers clubhouse.

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