Sentence examples for long third from inspiring English sources

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Schiff mocked the pianists who protract the long third movement to show that "we are very deep and profound. . . .

"When you're in second and long, third and very long," Brooks said, "you can't get anything accomplished from that".

Despite going scoreless in the second half, Utah converted two long third downs in the final 3 minutes 30 seconds to run out the clock.

It locates wood-boring insect larvae by tapping the tree with the long third finger, apparently listening for the hollow sound of the channels the grubs make through the wood, and then uses this finger to extract the insects.

The game has gone to overtime tied at 14. Phillips converted on a fourth down and on a long third down in the tying drive, going 5-of-7 for 49 yards on the possession.

But the find's true significance is a small detail of the prey's anatomy: the third toe of its foot.The size of the prey's third toe is important because, among birds, long third toes are helpful for grasping branches and perching in trees.

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The Orangemen trailed the Yellow Jackets by only 6 points as quarterback Troy Nunes threw a long third-down pass on a play that began on the Syracuse 34-yard line.

Mr. Byrne's long third-act monologue, its shifts in mood exquisitely set off by Pat Collins's lighting, is a harrowing act of self-administered surgery, etched in escalating degrees of pain.

There were a few blown assignments, most glaringly on Torrey Smith's long third-quarter touchdown (safety Matt Giordano bit so hard on the play-action he choked, while corner Michael Huff inexplicably turned Smith loose even though no other Raven was within 30 yards of Huff's side of the field).

His next opponent, Tomas Berdych, also is prone to attacks of self-doubt in good company – although he came through a long, third-set tie-break to beat Kevin Anderson in the Margaret Court Arena earlier in the day, and, if he is at his best, he will give the Serb another serious argument.

For three long seconds, there were none.

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