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

A certain type of actor thrives in these prolix circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021

On airplanes, she said, she could quickly shut down the annoying small talk of prolix seatmates when they asked, “What do you do?”

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 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

An earnest endeavor has been made to be minute in the details without becoming prolix.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.