Examples of 'was long dead' in a sentence

Meaning of "was long dead"

was long dead: This idiom is used to convey that something has ceased to exist, function, or be relevant for a significant period of time, usually indicating a lack of vitality, potential, or activity in the subject

How to use "was long dead" in a sentence

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was long dead
He was long dead by the time we got there.
I thought that this project was long dead.
But she was long dead at that time.
Many of his fans believed he was long dead.
He was long dead as far as anyone was concerned.
But her mother was long dead.
Murtagh was long dead by this point in the books.
Even though his was long dead.
She was long dead.
Most people thought he was long dead.
Rock was long dead.
They thought that their past was long dead.
My dad was long dead.
The only problem was Samuel was long dead.
Gault was long dead.

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I honestly thought Griffin was long dead.
Byron was long dead.
It awakened something in me that I thought was long dead.
His mother was long dead.
A son had been sent away, believing his father was long dead.
This man was long dead.
Aldo tried to reach the wedding photographer, but he was long dead.
That dog was long dead.
Not to mention, the magician that was supposed to help him was long dead.
My phone was long dead.
Our father killed himself after the bank took his store, mother was long dead.
But he was long dead.
Truth be told I thought he was long dead.
But Boss was long dead by then.
William the Conqueror was long dead.
Chege was long dead before the beginning of the railway construction in 1901.
Their marriage was long dead.
Or two … otherwise he would have burst a blood vessel … Luckily my father was long dead.
I thought that I was long dead in your heart.
Back on Earth, everyone thought he was long dead.
But David was long dead.
A big selling point for using Tárrega 's music was that the composer was long dead.
King David was long dead.
One day, Ashley receives a package from the father she had assumed was long dead.
Whatever epic romance you two had was long dead before I arrived.
It hit me, my head began to spin … my brother was long dead.
And as you know, Dev was long dead before dawn.
There is no reason, for example, to assume that someone who was long dead.
No, that man was long dead.
CPR is for the recent dead . By their estimation, he was long dead.
By their estimation, he was long dead.
His wife, the noted Jewish writer and saloniste Rahel Varnhagen, was long dead.
As far as they knew, I was long dead.
By that time, Shakespeare was long dead.
Oh, you think! Whatever epic romance you two had was long dead before I arrived.

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