Sentence examples for long detail from inspiring English sources

"When you get a long detail, when you're stuck doing something, take off the hat, just look down," said Officer John Spellman, who had placed under the crown of his hat three yellowing snapshots: one, a portrait of his son, Brian; a second, from 2001, of his son's christening; and the third, of a family vacation at Lake George.

This one takes the prize because it goes into long detail about Ayer's past as a member of the Weather Underground as if Obama was someone connected to it.

More recent examples of the long, detail-rich sentence can be found in Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe trilogy, each volume of which takes place over a holiday weekend.

Any trembling strays he takes a liking to might find themselves caught up in a long, detail-rich disquisition on the subject of San Marzano tomatoes, which are cultivated in the Sarno River area of southern Italy, where he was born.

Long detailed how she was one of 159 candidates for the job when Petrino hired her.

Long, detailed but necessarily inconclusive sections on dates and sources impede readability.

It is 173 pages long, detailing all the unanswered questions about Iraq's WMD.

If he wants us to care so little, why spend so long detailing their professions, proclivities and relationships?

One shares the story of Donald Thum, a fan from Fonda, N.Y., who wrote long, detailed letters about games and draft strategy to Wellington Mara (the letters were so bulky he put three stamps on the envelope), which Mara always replied to.

Dear Sir: The following charges have been made against you as postmaster at University, Miss.: (Quotes long detailed list (7) of charges &/or complaints that were part of the letter).

The White House announcement appears to refer to a long, detailed 2010 memo from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel justifying the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born cleric who had joined Al Qaeda in Yemen.