Sentence examples for awful long from inspiring English sources

'awful long' is not correct and should not be used in written English
The correct phrase is 'awfully long'. For example, "That book is awfully long; it's almost 500 pages!"

Exact(58)

"'Cos it's awful long.

Independent

It's awful long.

The New Yorker

It has taken an awful long time.

The Guardian

"That's an awful long drive," he said.

The New Yorker

"You're dead for an awful long time".

The Guardian - Sport

I go back an awful long way with Jonjo".

The New York Times - Sports

"He's been in this business an awful long time.

The New York Times - Sports

"The point being that it will take an awful long time," Mr. Mueller said.

The New York Times

"I am on 96, I have been around for an awful long time.

Independent

"We've come an awful long way, and we're not going to stop now," Mr. Clark said.

The New York Times

"We have come an awful long way in a very short period".

The New York Times

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