Well, there was one fine, handsome rabbit who had the longestand plumiest tail of any of the family, and was very proud of it.
The type-specimen figured by Lambert does not show the longest cone and leaf of this species.
Also on each tree were cones of various lengths, but the longest were confined to two or three trees among the several hundred examined.
Climate is the predominating influence; for the shortest leaves occur on alpine and boreal species, the longest leaves on species in or near the tropics.
But it is noteworthy that the longest persistence is associated with short leaves (Balfouriana, albicaulis, montana, etc.
What love there is lasts longest between the mother and her daughter.
The three who had known her longest expected every moment to see some whimsical vagary of her capricious spirit burst forth; but they waited in vain for it.
C, and the over-all length D when the longest drill is in the brace.
The base, with slider, consists of two pieces, the baseboard and a standard which runs through the box diagonally on the longest dimension in a vertical position.
Now place the flowerpot in the exact center and then mount the grooved brass strips one on either side of it with the longest dimension parallel to the longest dimension of the board and the inside end about 1 in.
My longest voyage is done, mates, But oh, the heart of me, Is out where sea meets skyline!
Our longest lingerings in the halls of the Exposition were among the galleries of art.
Every trait already says, "This was Napoleon," the man of modern times who longest survived himself, who was dead and could not expire.
I sat back, after what I suppose was the longest speech I ever made in my life, and studied my lord and master's face.
And I calmly reminded Dinky-Dunk that the lightest of heads can sometimes have the longest of memories.
Well, it was the longest time before I could get anything out of him.
He knew that this was a long, ill-lighted street, one of the longest streets in Paris.
He has already appointed more members of Congress to office than any of his predecessors, in the longest period of administration.
In Sparta, too, where industrious efforts were made to maintain the lower stage of culture, this medium of payment was longest maintained.
Of all Greek states of any historical importance, it preserved longest the economic peculiarities belonging to a low stage of civilization.
The longest interval between the swarms is from seven to nine days, which usually is the space that intervenes between the first and the second.
It is remarkable that those insects which keep the longest on the wing, the dragon-flies (Libellulina) for instance, have their wings most covered with nervures.
In chanting, prolong each word about alike; in reading, give good expression, and you will see that the more important words usually take the longest time.
In pronouncing words, you will notice that in the longest words, even while you make each syllable distinct, there is no perceptible pause until the word is finished.
Thus chancel, south chapel, and north chapel, are all of three different lengths and breadths, the south chapel being the longest and widest.
The nave, as is usual, is the longest arm of the four, so that the plan is a Latin cross.
Enjoy every moment; pleasures do not commonly last so long as life, and therefore should not be neglected; and the longest life is too short for knowledge, consequently every moment is precious.
That day was one of the longest days Paul ever remembered: it dragged so slowly along.
The two returned to St. Bede's by the longest but less frequented way, and at length reached it without further adventure.
It is a whim that has served me longest and best, and which will probably be my last.
Stillest streams Oft water fairest meadows, and the bird That flutters least is longest on the wing.
The largest and the longest kind Possess the foremost page; A sort most needed by the blind, Or nearly such, from age.
Which shall longest brave the sky, Storm and frost--these oaks or I?
Three and a half miles brings us to Davenport's Landing, an open roadstead, famous for the longest pier running out into the open ocean, of any place on the Pacific Coast.
It has become the broadest, hardest, smoothest and longest track in the State.
They hewed and smoothed off the stump six feet above the ground, and then made careful measurements as follows: Across its longest diameter, north of centre, 10 feet 4 inches.
Thus it is quite possible that the longest ranges may ultimately be obtained without any perceptible deflection.
In speaking of the longest duck or swivel guns, I may instance Colonel Hawker's account of the performance of such fowling artillery.
This brings us at once to the consideration of that theory which probably has held our attention for the longest period of time, i.
The arrangement of the arteries at the disc, passing out as they do from the nasal side, of necessity make the vessels that pass to the temporal part of the retina longest and of less caliber.
It is only when one reaches the top of the cursorean thermometer, all among the boilings, so to speak, that the ostrich, with the longest neck of all, must poach another few inches by going in for a spiral.
Especially is it wicked of Atkinson, who has already the longest bird-neck in all these gardens.
He dwelt longest on the telephone information he had gathered in the library.
He had sworn at the time of conviction that he would get Stockbridge if it took to the longest day of his life.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "longest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
