Adjective
long-drawn-out (comparative more long-drawn-out, superlative most long-drawn-out)
Protracted, extending for a great period of time.
This long-drawn-out hostility between the two major rival parties, Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), revolves around their two political idols — Mujib and Zia. Source: Internet
The long-drawn-out resistance of the Libyan government to the trial of the Lockerbie aircraft bombing suspects would be nothing by comparison. Source: Internet
Unnoticed, he took out a pipe of the same kind and began steadily blowing on it, playing a single long-drawn-out note on a never-ending breath from his immense chest.' Source: Internet