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
She added, in a prolix sentence that nonetheless makes its point, “Or is it actually that the sense of achievement his work self-consciously carries with it itself carries less credibility than it used to?”
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022
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
"It is a prolix and difficult question, your grace," answered the general-superior of the chapter, evasively, with a dubious side-glance at the bishop and the abbot of the Forest Monastery.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
Vocabulary lists containing prolix
The Scarlet Letter
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