Below you will find example sentences with "longest serving". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Longest Serving in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: longest
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.4 words

Words in this phrase

longest serving

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • longest can mean: superlative form of long: most long Frequent word
  • serving can mean: The act or process of serving. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

also the longest serving emperor since 1× been the longest serving current league 1× being the longest serving defence minister 1× female and longest serving incumbent of 1× greatest and longest serving mps 1× his two longest serving players their 1× india s longest serving prime ministers 1× is the longest serving female cabinet 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a mild mannered 1× a weekly act 1× and saints interim 1× at the same 1× bonner had been 1× cllr murphy was 1×

Common sentence endings:

2004 to 2014 1× coast main line 1× colleague jairam ramesh 1× country to independence 1× crystal palace managers 1× in july 2020 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

emperor 3× history 3× female 3× first 3× club 3× office 3× years 2× ruler 2× minister 2× currently 2× country 2× manager 2×

Related phrases

currently serving longest cooking longest period longest river longest running longest active longest streak

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around longest:

longest cooking 4× longest period 4× longest river 4× longest running 4× longest active 3× longest streak 3×

Just before it in the phrase index:

longest running longest river longest period longest cooking longest active longer term

Just after it in the phrase index:

longest streak longtime friend longtime girlfriend longtime partner longtime resident look alike

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

longest cooking longest period longest river longest running longest active longest streak

Same ending:

currently serving

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "longest serving" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as also the longest serving emperor since, been the longest serving current league, emperor, history and female stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with currently serving, longest cooking, longest period, longest cooking, longest period and longest river, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with longest serving

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Netanyahu, 73, is Israel’s longest serving leader. (8 words)

Mr Thurston is HS2 Ltd’s longest serving chief executive. (10 words)

Upnd tried to arrest bo lubinda, one of the greatest and longest serving mps. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

According to those in the know of things, 82-year-old Antony, who currently holds the record of being the longest serving Defence Minister in the country, is deeply upset over a remark made by his junior colleague Jairam Ramesh. (40 words)

Pohlsander, Emperor Constantine, 72. Serving for a total of almost 31 years (combining his years as co-ruler and sole ruler), he was also the longest serving emperor since Augustus and the second longest serving emperor in Roman history. (39 words)

Sturgeon, the longest serving leader of Scotland’s semi-autonomous government, caught the political world by surprise when she announced her resignation in February, saying she had become too divisive to lead her country to independence. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Pohlsander, Emperor Constantine, 72. Serving for a total of almost 31 years (combining his years as co-ruler and sole ruler), he was also the longest serving emperor since Augustus and the second longest serving emperor in Roman history.

She is the longest serving female Cabinet Minister in Fine Gael history, and the second longest overall.

According to those in the know of things, 82-year-old Antony, who currently holds the record of being the longest serving Defence Minister in the country, is deeply upset over a remark made by his junior colleague Jairam Ramesh.

And Saints interim boss Selles is already the 15th longest serving manager in the Premier League, having been in the hotseat longer than the permanent Leeds and Crystal Palace managers.

Bonner had been the longest serving current League One manager, but that honour now sits with of leaders Bolton Wanderers who was appointed in July, 2020.

Dibble, the son of ex-Reds and Wales keeper Andy, made 72 first-team appearances was the longest serving first-team player at the club at the time of his departure.

His career means he is one of the longest serving railway employees currently working on the West Coast Main Line.

I am proud to stand here as the first female, and longest serving, incumbent of this great office.

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Mr Thurston is HS2 Ltd’s longest serving chief executive.

Netanyahu, 73, is Israel’s longest serving leader.

Rendon has been in office since 2016, making him the second-longest serving speaker in state history.

Sturgeon, the longest serving leader of Scotland’s semi-autonomous government, caught the political world by surprise when she announced her resignation in February, saying she had become too divisive to lead her country to independence.

Their crimes are abhorrent and were deemed punishable by death, and below we take a look at five of the longest serving female inmates in America who are edging closer to their final breaths.

The Mudeford Club, of which John was a former president and life member, said: “John was a life-long servant of the club and one of, if not the longest serving members.

Upnd tried to arrest bo lubinda, one of the greatest and longest serving mps.

A mild-mannered technocrat, Singh became one of India’s longest serving prime ministers, holding the office from 2004 to 2014.

At the same time, Israel's longest serving premier is on trial on charges of corruption, in which he denies any wrongdoing, and facing mounting protests over his conduct of the war.

A weekly act of kindness from one of Sault Ste. Marie’s longest serving Italian restaurants has lit up social media.

Cllr Murphy was one of the longest serving public representatives on Cork County Council and a lifelong community activist most notably in his home town of Newmarket.

Harrison turned to his bench once more to give his two longest serving players their reward of European group stage football as Ryan Brobbel and Adrian Cieslewicz were given a 15-minute run out.

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