overlong

Example Sentences

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Overlong and overwritten, “Dirt” nevertheless unfolds with an enjoyably comic quirkiness, a tale of two doofuses who sought meaning in symbols and found comfort in friendship.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

But Levinson’s screenplay, with its carefully engineered pivots from Defensive Monologue A to Overlong Diatribe B, has none of Cassavetes’ ragged spontaneity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2021

Overlong and overstuffed with Southern rock and blues numbers, “Burden” is not exemplary filmmaking.

From Washington Post • Feb. 29, 2020

Overlong set-piece action scenes pitched in the key of chaos, full of running and screaming and a whole lot of falling down, ultimately turn “Pikachu” into a wearying slog.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2019

Overlong were the tale to tell of them, and of the time that is gone.

From A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson by Morris, William