The entire affair lasted no more than half an hour.

The whole affair could not have lasted more than a minute at the most.

Their affair lasted until 1972, when she returned to her husband.

Oh, she had been right to turn down his offer - the affair would never have lasted the year!

She had never dreamed their affair would last for almost a decade.

It was soon over; perhaps the whole affair had not lasted two minutes.

I knew my affair with Lucille wouldn't last much longer.

However they start, most affairs last a few days or weeks or months.

The affair lasted from summer 1948 until his death in autumn 1949.

This affair would last for several years - often causing him distress.