prolix
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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
He wasn’t a particularly gifted or prolix orator.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
A certain type of actor thrives in these prolix circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
Netflix, at least, entertained this possibility, and the result is “Army of the Dead,” a prolix heist-horror hybrid whose undeceased are a sight more fun than its living.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2021
The latter part of this prolix autobiography is occupied by a detailed account of a long tourneying trip, which he contrived as a parallel to his Venus-journey, this time under the disguise of King Arthur.
From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins
Vocabulary lists containing prolix
The Scarlet Letter
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