overlong
Example Sentences
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These reported essays can feel self-indulgent, slow and overlong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The unmoored, unhinged and overlong “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen” makes a couple of arguments for itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
The only thing “Saturday Night Live” loves more than an overlong current events cold open is running a successful joke into the ground.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025
The momentum was frequently torpedoed by waffly, overlong video interludes - but Usher's magnetic stage presence just about held the concert together.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
“You should not linger here overlong, Your Grace. The Astapori are being fed, as you commanded.. There’s no more we can do for the poor wretches. We should repair back to the city.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
