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Meanings of long engagement in English

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Usage of long engagement in English
1
A good many things happened in the course of this long engagement.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
2
An unexpectedly long engagement in Syria could rekindle a bid for Treasuries.
Reuters
3
A long engagement exhausts them, but they are capital at a steeplechase.
The picture of Dorian Gray
4
Sometimes I think maybe you're going cold on-onthis long engagement stuff.
Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
5
Consuelo couldn't see the point of a long engagement once they announced it.
A good woman
6
After a long engagement, Manning and Vera were married in 1956.
The Guardian
7
She insists all the more on the long engagement, to give me time-
The Age of Innocence
8
Also, it was tacitly understood that it was to be a long engagement.
Martin Eden
9
He would not have his daughter dragged into a long engagement.
The Three Brides
10
But a long engagement may be better than none at all.
Dr. Wortle's School
11
At any rate, said I, it will be better than a long engagement.
Persuasion
12
But I hope, B., it's not to be a long engagement.
The Claverings
13
These are relatively recent examples, but literature has had a long engagement with science.
The Irish Times
14
And though they chafe at the long engagement, it is a blessing in disguise.
The Longest Journey
15
Only the long engagement is unfortunate-verytrying to both parties.
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
16
According to you, Rachel, we have no time to waste in a long engagement.
The Ghost Kings
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common