prolix

Example Sentences

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The world premiere, “Have We Met?!,” choreographed by Juliano Nunes, is a 33-minute, two-part, prolix affair for two featured couples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

It’s hard to imagine a more committed recording; but if there are moments in the first three movements when Rott’s promise truly shines through, there’s nothing Hrusa can do for the absurdly prolix finale.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022

A certain type of actor thrives in these prolix circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021

Re-creating Odysseus’s trip from Troy to Ithaca, they touch on everything from Mick Jagger to mortality, with the witty banter of a prolix Hope and Crosby and the delicacy of a dragonfly’s wing.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2020

No one doubts that many of the great novelists of the past are somewhat tedious and prolix.

From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous