Sentence examples for was longstanding from inspiring English sources

The claim was longstanding, intermittently invoked, but passionately defended.

Nemtsov's criticism of the Russian state was longstanding.

His groin-muscle injury was longstanding, and a knee strain then developed after he joined Madrid.

Cuomo's solicitude for Silver and others in the Legislature was longstanding.

The support of the UK for the treaty was longstanding and had not diminished over time".

Michael Scott's commitment to Chicago public schools, and especially to our schoolchildren, was longstanding".

But how longstanding is longstanding?

"The church here is longstanding," he said.

But Portugal's fiscal malaise is longstanding.

The commission's problems are longstanding.

Prenups are longstanding traditions in many cultures.