overlong
Example Sentences
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These reported essays can feel self-indulgent, slow and overlong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Aside from being terribly boring and overlong, “Cars” represents Pixar’s first blatant step toward becoming a capitalist behemoth, an animation studio that would continue to prioritize money over media to this day.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Although the score, by the rock band the Rescues, is a cut above most Broadway pop, the musical is nevertheless overscaled, over-earnest and overlong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The Hindustan Times newspaper called it a film grappling with "an identity crisis, an overlong run time and a confused mess of a script".
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
She’d always hated the thing, considered it gaudy and ridiculous with its overlong neck and extravagant tail feathers.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
