long-sought-for

Slowly he came, looming up in the West, hewing his way through smoke, and fire, and battlements, until all eyes turned toward the hero of Vicksburg, and beheld, in him, the long-sought-for commander of the Union armies — the St. George who should ride down the grim dragon of slavery forever — the Wellesley who should restore the glory of our flag and the greatness of our country.

The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 5: The Cookhouse Revolution ewillett 2008

To convince ourselves of this long-sought-for truth, it is enough to extend to the herd of mankind the observation recently made on flocks of Spanish and English sheep which, in low meadows where pasture is abundant, feed side by side in close array, but on mountains, where grass is scarce, scatter apart.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

Here was the long-sought-for opportunity — he was not a man to let it pass.

The Mysterious Island 2005

Here was the long-sought-for opportunity — he was not a man to let it pass.

The Mysterious Island 2005

Embedded upright in the sponges, like almonds in plum-puddings, so that merely the extremities of the valves were visible as narrow slits, were the long-sought-for molluscs.

My Tropic Isle 2003

Would not the long-sought-for proof have been furnished to the judge?

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003

Instead of being proud of and happy with his achievement when Mr. Cruz attained the long-sought-for goal of graduating from college later in his life, he experienced a severe depressive reaction.

Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001

Instead of being proud of and happy with his achievement when Mr. Cruz attained the long-sought-for goal of graduating from college later in his life, he experienced a severe depressive reaction.

Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001

He especially remembers a time when, toward the finale of a rollicking good conference, he was gripped by new and powerful feelings that seemed surely to be that long-sought-for faith experience.

If I Really Believe, Why Do I Have These Doubts? Dr. Lynn Anderson 2000

All gloom and mutiny now gave way to sanguine expectation; and throughout the day each one was eagerly on the watch, in hopes of being the first to discover the long-sought-for land.

MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous