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Meanings of long spell in English

We have no meanings for "long spell" in our records yet.
Usage of long spell in English
1
Bvalltu was partly responsible for my long spell on the Other Earth.
Star Maker
2
He sensed that a long spell of time had passed this go-around.
The Scorch Trials
3
I believe we are in for a long spell of fine weather.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914
4
For a long spell she continued to stare at him in silence.
The Sea-Hawk
5
He was up there for a long spell before he hurried down.
Savage
6
A week- long spell of unseasonably warm, sunny weather has recently exacerbated the problem.
The Irish Times
7
After that day, a long spell of cool and cloudy had come in.
IT
8
But his long spell of leisure and liberty was drawing to its end.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
9
They were as stiff as hand-spikes after that long spell in the maintop.
The Honour of the Flag
10
Despite Ormerod's long spell studying the streams, his enthusiasm is undiminished.
The Guardian
11
Moving on, after such a long spell entwined, will be strange.
The Irish Times
12
It has enjoyed a long spell as the top crypto-currency in the world.
The South African
13
It seems incredible that I've neglected this column for such a long spell.
Feminist dot com
14
Jim and I and her had been riding a long spell without speaking.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
15
Do you think we shall have a long spell of this weather, Mr.
The Field of Ice / Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
16
That old Satan, he won't trouble you fer a good long spell again.
Marcia Schuyler
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Long spell through the time
Long spell across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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