overlong

Example Sentences

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Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of ‘Stranger Things,’ this series follows an engaged couple on an overlong and aimless journey filled with creepiness and dread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

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

An adolescent memory of a trip from upstate New York to Manhattan runs overlong.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

“There will be regular patrols round the perimeter of the building to ensure that civilians do not tarry overlong in conversation with the prisoners.”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson