Sentence examples for rather longer from inspiring English sources

"rather longer" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe something that is longer than normal or expected. For example: "The bike ride was rather longer than I anticipated."

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Mayhew's impact on writers lasted rather longer.

Murdoch's wounds are likely to linger rather longer.

The dinner went on rather longer than expected.

Sendak's own exile took rather longer to resolve.

I suspect that may take rather longer than a week.

There is a short answer and a rather longer one.

There are 26 essays, some of only a couple of pages, some rather longer.

This time, at least, Whitemore's co-production has been in gestation rather longer.

Luckily, disproving the former notion was relatively easy; disproving the latter took rather longer.

It took me rather longer to realise that it was a different one every six months.

That, however, may take rather longer than upbeat police officers claim.

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