be prolix

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Fondrie's sentence is the shortest winner in the prize's history, "proving that bad writing need not be prolix, or even very wordy", said organisers.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2011

But not to be prolix in describing what relates to the affairs of this great city, although it is with difficulty that I refrain from proceeding.

From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

Remember, also, that in this letter I must condense when I might easily be prolix, and that after all is written, probably I shall have left unsaid the very thing I most wished to say.

From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles

Not to be prolix on this point, we will take a few cases.

From The Negro: what is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed. by Payne, Buckner H. 'Ariel'

I have so much to tell you, that I shall be prolix, for I have to recount to you the most painful, the most romantic incident of my life.

From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Sue, Eugène