at length

1. In full, extensively. For example, The preacher went on at length about sin , or I have read at length about these cameras . [c. 1500]

2. After a long time, finally, as in At length the procession ended . [Early 1500s] Also see in the long run .

Example Sentences

Mazón spoke at length in the regional parliament Les Corts on Friday, defending his handling of the disaster, and explaining that the text alert system had never been used before.

From BBC

Aaron is very short on words for basically the entire series, so it was exciting to be able to talk at length in a scene.

From Los Angeles Times

I wrote about this here at length in 2019.

From Salon

Also, in one of his first appearances on the show, Hernández talks at length about his baseball obsession, which started in his hometown of Miami.

From Salon

The Surge wrote about this at length in a separate piece, but: Large majorities of the country, Democrat and Republican alike, had decided by 2022 that Joe Biden shouldn’t run for president again on account of his clearly deteriorating physical and mental fitness for office.

From Slate

Related Words

• already
• belatedly
• eventually
• someday
• sooner or later
• subsequently
• ultimately