overlong

Example Sentences

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Now Lerone Martin, a Stanford professor and senior editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project, offers a rich if overlong retelling of King’s life prior to Montgomery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

An overlong middle stretch sets up several crucial emotional complications so quietly that you might have to pinch yourself a couple times not to miss anything important.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 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

He could commute overlong sentences that keep people locked up for no good reason and free geriatric prisoners who are serving out gratuitous mandatory minimums.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2024

“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