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
The old parson was apt to be prolix on public occasions, and his temper being rather irritable, none dared to suggest that brevity would be acceptable.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
But it is possible to be prolix without being an Antimachus, and the prolixity of Statius is quite sufficient.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
The style of these documents is felt to be prolix, and their arrangement perplexing.
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John
Many more, not to be prolix, I omit.
From Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix by Taylor, Thomas
