Longest
Longest adverb - For the most time.
Sustained and longest are semantically related. in interminable topic. In some cases you can use "Sustained" instead an adjective "Longest", when it comes to topics like extended in space or time.
Sustained
Sustained adjective - Maintained at length without interruption or weakening.
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Synonyms for Sustained
Longest and sustained are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Longest" with "Sustained", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Word: sustaining
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- long and longest
- long and sustained
- enduring and longest
- enduring and sustained
- lasting and longest
- lasting and sustained
- continued and longest
- continued and sustained
- interminable and longest
- interminable and sustained
- long-winded and longest
- long-winded and sustained
- dragging and longest
- dragging and sustained
Both words in one sentence
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After three minutes (the longest a blackout had been sustained before a prior crew arrived safely), still no contact.
Source: Film / Apollo 13 - A popular Fantasy author, best known for a single series.The Riftwar Cycle is one of the longest High Fantasy series ever written, encompassing many trilogies, all set in the same universe, making it a sustained feat of world building.
Source: Creator / Raymond E. Feist - Lawrence Sterne's Tristram Shandy — which is also the longest sustained attempt at subverting the trope.
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