Sentence examples for inordinate period from inspiring English sources

When the individual is held for an inordinate period of time, conditions during detention are deplorable, and the animus behind the detention appears to be punitive or retaliatory in nature.

But it's not as if those critics and musicians who hold that dogmatic 12-tone composers did in fact exercise inordinate and stultifying power during that period, as I do, are necessarily against 12-tone music.

It can help in anticipating the key requirements at various points—e.g., the inordinate time commitment for owners during the start-up period and the need for delegation and changes in their managerial roles when companies become larger and more complex.

"And the reason is that the industry knows right now is the period when they have to move those vehicles, an inordinate volume of units.

But the motivated teen fears that she won't be able to pursue her goal because of the inordinate number of classes she has to miss when she has her period.

I noted that an inordinate number of closets seemed to have been added to the house during some period of expansion, even on the ground floor.

On the other hand, we will also hear about how smart this district is in conserving our money, and there will be a lot of inordinate number of pats on the back for saving the district in the face of the most draconian financial period in history.

"AN INORDINATE fondness for beetles".

It's an inordinate form".

The inordinate delays impose heavy tolls.

Were they under inordinate stress?