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Usage for prolix


It's not because the legislation is so long or so complicated — though it is staggeringly prolix and stupefying in complexity. If it were only that, time would reveal the intricacies, and experts would parse the meaning. No, the reason we may never ...

Indeed, Skibsrud's prolix prose, coupled with the narrator's drawn-out, intense naval-gazing (much of her contemplation has nothing at all to do with her father), nearly sinks the story. The narration plods along like a trooper with a 60-pound backpack ...

But they are doing themselves no favour with a confusing and prolix website. The viewer gets quickly lost in a swamp of verbiage. One of the problems the group is encountering is the many levels of government involved in making decisions. ...

After a day of court hearings, we are treated to photos of old guys in suits standing on a sidewalk outside a courthouse and making prolix pronouncements. The NFL is like a wreck on the side of the road right now. As revolting as it might be, ...

If House members are as prolix as their Senate colleagues, budget deliberations could continue late into the night and perhaps the morning. Three Senate Democrats broke ranks early Tuesday morning to join Republicans in opposing the budget. ...


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