Sentence examples for lasting close to from inspiring English sources

Lasting close to an hour and populated only sparsely with words, by Frank O'Hara, it's a work that is rarely performed.

So the brothers and their helpers packed off their craft to France, where Wilbur eventually performed a test flight lasting close to two minutes in 1908 and won over the doubters.

Battery life was excellent for a work tablet, lasting close to 10 hours between charges when used like a laptop, with 10 or so Chrome tabs open alongside various chat, imaging and media apps.

Protecting our country's national security through background checks is of primary importance, but extensive delays, sometimes lasting close to two years, are neither necessary to our national security nor consistent with our national values.

Lasting close to seven hours in total, the plays use the crises within a single family to explore the larger confusions of liberal America.

The ink lasted close to a decade.

Mr. Maltz said the operation had lasted close to a year.

Only after this slap on the wrist, which usually lasts close to 30 seconds, can the biathlete continue racing.

But after a review delay that lasted close to 10 minutes, the referees picked up the flag and allowed the touchdown to stand.

Roth was living in London at the time, and he and Geng worked on the book long-distance, in sessions that sometimes lasted close to an hour.

"Hadrian" was Yourcenar's first big success — it made her famous — and the momentum she generated for it lasted close to twenty years.