Sentence examples for be longstanding from inspiring English sources
adjective
Having persisted for an extended period of time.
- After many years the longstanding disagreement broke into open legal action.
The antagonisms he's bred will be longstanding, and will be apparent well beyond the election," said Berlet.
Not every abuse victim dials 999, even though coercion, control and violence may be longstanding features of their relationship.
This type of insecurity often dates to puberty, Dr. Friedman said, adding that the superherolike alter ego that Mr. Weiner chose for one of his online relationships — "Carlos Danger" — also hinted that any feelings of inadequacy could be longstanding.
In addition to what appears to be longstanding personal animus, at the heart of the dispute is a fundamental disagreement over the relationship between the city and the district attorneys' offices in the five boroughs.
"It is logical to expect the market to react negatively to the news given the Street's high esteem for Mr. Bell, but with the company's strategies well underway for the domestic base to ascend to the next level and Europe due for a rebound, if even temporarily, the pressure should not be longstanding," the firm said.
Coffman's dedication to this issue appears to be longstanding.
Her misery was longstanding.
But how longstanding is longstanding?
"The church here is longstanding," he said.
But Portugal's fiscal malaise is longstanding.
The commission's problems are longstanding.
