Sentence examples for long fell from inspiring English sources

A third section, roughly 15 feet long, fell harmlessly behind the garage — or maybe it has been there since my older son felled it with a soccer ball six years ago.

This street, which represented so much for so long, fell victim to broader forces that were making it increasingly hard for urban neighborhoods to survive.

In 1790 he went, full of ardour, to revolutionary France, where he voted for the French republic but before too long fell foul of Robespierre.

(The Devils Hole apostrophe long fell to the quirks of government cartographers and scientists, who render both the site and fish without it).

About 11 30 a.m., the concrete block, about four feet wide by four feet long, fell from the roof of the lower level, striking a single car in the New York-bound lane, she said.

The police and fire officials said that about 5 30 p.m., two pieces of sheet metal, about 6 inches wide and 18 to 24 inches long, fell from a 76th-floor section that remains under construction at 58th Street and Eighth Avenue.

SEATTLE — The cashier's chorus has long fallen on deaf ears among the sustainability set here.

But the windows have long fallen in, and the drifts piled up inside offer an almost shocking colour contrast to the sooty texture of the fire-damaged walls.

Some trails, it seems, lead back to Pakistan (but others to Russia, China and companies in Europe).Suspicion has long fallen on Pakistan's own nuclear-weapons scientists.

Since 2004, conventions have taken place later in the season, and the practice of separating them by a few weeks has long fallen by the wayside.

Design and aesthetics have long fallen by the wayside in modern cellphone manufacturing.