How to Use longtime in a Sentence

longtime

adjective
Definition of longtimenext
  • The longtime goalie coach donned a Meta Quest 2 head set and equipment and went through some of the drills.
    — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Since 1996, Penn was the longtime pollster to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
  • Their exchange raised the prospect that two of the world’s richest men would reignite a longtime feud.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
  • For the live performance at the Ford, Monk and three of her longtime singers joined the All-Stars to perform some of the recording.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The couples are longtime friends and avid socialites with very strong points of view.
    — Josie Howell | , al, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Dear Amy: Many of my longtime friends are now into their 80s.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
  • As Gibson shared the good news with his longtime friend, Vido cut in.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Caitlyn’s longtime friend Sophia Hutchins was also seen in the snap.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But the California that the two longtime friends are drawn to is not a land of palm trees, blue skies and sunny waves on the beach.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • But for nine years, there was no word from the longtime healthcare worker who owned the Zion Avenue house.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The South African native is longtime friends with Brugger.
    — Beth Woodcontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The Shas party has been a longtime ally of Netanyahu's Likud.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Sales have dropped so low that Bud Light lost its longtime perch as the nation's best-selling brew last month.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 9 June 2023
  • The awards are named after Neal Shine, the longtime editor and publisher of the Free Press, who died in 2007.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Mariko recently tied the knot with her longtime beau in August.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The longtime Brookside bar and grill serves food until 2 a.m. every night.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The newspaper’s new offices will be just a few blocks away from its longtime home at 501 N. Calvert St.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Andy Murray, his longtime rival and friend, will coach him through the fortnight.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • On Sunday, Berry shared a sweet snapshot of herself and her longtime boyfriend Van Hunt with her arms wrapped around him.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The longtime favorite is free of fragrance but rich in soothing cica and heartleaf.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Last year, Patrick Duffy’s longtime Oregon ranch hit the open market for $14 million.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Wood, a longtime correspondent on The Daily Show, is the latest in a long line of celebrity guest hosts on the show.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The Saudi crown prince even had a phone call with the president of Iran, the kingdom’s longtime rival and Hamas’s chief backer.
    — Ghaith Al-Omari, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And Montis, a longtime Haitian employee of the mission group, responded to the home to help.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 May 2024
  • The largesse came courtesy of Harlan Crow, a Dallas billionaire and longtime friend of Thomas’ and his wife.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Getting to work with a longtime friend, Michael Arden is such a joy, and there's so many things about that that make this appealing to me.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 5 June 2024
  • The longtime food truck opened its boozy brunch concept at Hemisfair last year.
    — Jj Velasquez, San Antonio Express-News, 8 May 2023
  • The two had been introduced by John Rothschild, a businessman and a longtime friend of Neel’s.
    — Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Chance is the only daughter of Diddy and his longtime friend, Sarah Chapman.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Josh Welsh, longtime president of Film Independent, died Dec. 31 after a five-year battle with colon cancer.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025

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