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How to use long-held in a sentence

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As he approaches 80, he seems to be relaxing some of the long-held austerities of his art.
It was a lack of putting touch that cost him the chance of achieving his long-held dream of playing in The Open.
One long-held popular belief is that cowboys and Indians are two distinct categories.
Its long-held image of benevolent inefficiency has dogged it ever since it was incorporated into a public limited company.
Already their research has helped to explode long-held theories about the history of disease.
There is this long-held belief that parents who send their children to private schools are privileged, snooty and well-off.
When I advanced my long-held theory that some of his constituents were living vicariously through his exploits, Wilson readily agreed.
Cue some self-realization and brassily independent fulfillment of long-held rock-star fantasies.
Many long-held family traditions and customs are quite positive and result in families that are strong and supportive.
An atmosphere of warmth and intimacy is created, and long-held bodily tensions are released.
It has been a long-held belief that those with lower back pain should sleep on a rock-hard mattress.
He then took his books and staff and cast them into the sea, openly vowing to give up his long-held practice of sorcery.
One long-held dream had been to open a London restaurant with the style of the classical Parisian brasseries.
Thanks for confirming my long-held belief that I'm better off slowly destroying my liver than staying in of an evening.
Instead, given the weak public reaction, he faces reconsidering his long-held reliance on repeated use of stock phrases.
It was a lack of putting touch that cost Ashworth the chance of achieving his long-held dream of playing in The Open.
Sources say Carter just cancelled those long-held reservations and instead will be summering at a friend's home in Tuscany.
This confirms my long-held suspicion that garden centres are every bit as indefensibly soulless and ghastly as out-of-town DIY superstores.
This insularity is a long-held and well-known habit of this administration when setbacks happen, and it's not admirable.
The creation in 1999 of Nunavut, Canada's third territory, as a distinct territory under its own government fulfils a long-held aspiration of the eastern and central Arctic Inuit to control their own destiny.
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Researchers report that the adhesiveness of gecko feet is aided by static electricity, contrary to long-held beliefs.
Perceived long-held stereotypes, such as frailty, inflexibility and a fear of technology, are pushing older workers towards premature retirement, research shows.
Long-held estate plans overturned by the greedy manipulation of a wrongdoer aggravate grief and loss with the shock of financial elder abuse.
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