The second and more cunning trap is excess – in overlong description and to a larger extent, worldview. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion: On Sex in Fiction] Reference
It took not overlong, for the mouth of the cave was small. From Wordnik.com. [Then Marched the Brave] Reference
Same overlong dark blond hair, same small scar on his chin. From Wordnik.com. [Sexy Beast IV]
A Parisian dandy coming toward them stared rather overlong at her. From Wordnik.com. [The Triflers] Reference
However, I was taken aback by the overlong tribute to John Hughes. From Wordnik.com. [The Oscars a Mixed Bag: Kudos for Bringing Back And the Winner Is] Reference
But the film is overlong and an example of cute trying to be smart. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Pilgrim vs the World] Reference
Everything has been overdone, overlong, over-emphasized, over the top. From Wordnik.com. [The Summer Of Our Excess: Sport Gets Supersized] Reference
Like its title, the reminiscences are overlong and too carefully vetted. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Carlson: McAuliffe Rips Kerry 'Malpractice' in Memoir] Reference
"Come forth from the Queen's privy chamber, where you have tarried overlong!". From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
My sorrow would be overlong, if I should love you, and grant you what you wish. From Wordnik.com. [French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France] Reference
The personal narrative in "The Snowball" is not the only part that is overlong. From Wordnik.com. [Why Panic Passes Him By] Reference
The overlong era of firsts is coming, happily, to a close where women are concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Elena Kagan: From trailblazer to less of a big deal] Reference
He gazed at it for an overlong moment, as if he might put it on the turntable himself. From Wordnik.com. [Have You Seen Me?] Reference
He was attacking the fort at daybreak; he would not have time to think of it overlong. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
Thankfully, Michaelis has packed much more than tabloid fodder into this overlong book. From Wordnik.com. [A Dark and Stormy Life] Reference
Revise your overlong primaries structure - it is too cumbersome and not very representative. From Wordnik.com. [Paul David Walker: Is Constituency Democracy Destroying the U.S.A.? Solutions Provided by Readers] Reference
The show ran overlong, so my DVR cut off as Liza was reading out the nominees for Best Musical. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Drama Queens: Random Thoughts While Watching The Tony Awards Show] Reference
Where they see greatness, I see only grandiosity, and a laborious, overlong grandiosity at that. From Wordnik.com. [The Hours Will Win Awards By More Than a Schnozz] Reference
He's cut a funny but overlong riff about reformed alcoholics, much chitchat and some redundant hunting. From Wordnik.com. [Resurrecting Papa] Reference
Miranda's papers, found more than a century after his death, provide Naipaul with a lumpy, overlong tale. From Wordnik.com. [The Writer's Workshop] Reference
Surely, we could book passage upon arrival if we wished to return to Tyre, for the journey was not overlong. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
"Now, sirrah," says I, "you will ride before me into Shrewsbury, to which you have been overlong a stranger.". From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
I wish to expostulate with thee, but do not thou in wrath turn away from the truth, nor will I speak overlong. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
Clooney's performance, Corbijn's aesthetic ambitions compel attention; Cassel is riveting in overlong 'Mesrine'. From Wordnik.com. [An 'American' in Italy, and in Existential Pain] Reference
Variety. comTHUMBS UP Old reviews of past winners (loved "Silence of the Lambs," found "The Godfather" overlong). From Wordnik.com. [Sony Helps Make Your Memories Stick] Reference
And she had called the blondness of his hair lovely and had approved of the fact that he liked to wear it overlong. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
In this instruction example, the simple nailing techniques in long wood and nailing with overlong nails are practised. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Clowns lumbered out and engaged in overloud, overlong skits that had all the sophistication and humor of the hokey-pokey. From Wordnik.com. [Joel Schwartzberg: The Circus: Saddest Show on Earth?] Reference
His lips drew back from his teeth, revealing the overlong and sharply pointed canines which gave his smile a feral nastiness. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
It was the image of a girl, draped in an overlong robe, fastened over each shoulder by a fibula, ornamented with a round medallion. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
And Stephen's patience was wearing thin, not so much with the persistent squire as with the whole process of this overlong session. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Cadfael's Penance]
The scattergun jokes vary from the brilliant through the overlong to the pointless, and the deadpan Ferrell has rarely been funnier. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Guys] Reference
I won't post the quotes here as this comment already is overlong, but you can read them in Greenwald's June 17 post The Company We Keep. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Backing FISA "Compromise"] Reference
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