Long and Try

Long

Long verb - Desire strongly or persistently.

Try and long are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Long".

Nearby Word: longed

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

Long and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Long" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Common collocations

humanity long humanity try humanity
sense long sense try sense
chance long chance try chance
world long world try world
Other words: player.

Both words in one sentence

  • Game-Breaking Bug This can also happen with Rosella in Malicias house if you take too long and try to go out the back way you're stuck with Malicia zapping you every time and you're forced to start chapter 4 over.
  • Series / Parks and Recreation They're usually very long and try too hard to force a pun.
  • Yakko and Dot (singing): Ja, das ist ein incredibly long name to have to try and say!
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