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
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
I wish the same could be said about his overlong dream-logic interludes, which tantalize as peeks into Frankie’s psyche but eventually feel like style filler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
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
“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
