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
He did not wish to be prolix about it.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
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
Had the dunce But aimed at these bare words the rogues had found him, But striving to be prolix, they half drowned him.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Lamb, Mary
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
