Example sentences for: prolix

How can you use “prolix” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In short, he carved out of a prolix man's copy Carver's trademark minimalist style.

  • But they also say the series is "too long, too prolix, too cable" (Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly ) and gets bogged down in irrelevant details.

  • Parker's "tribute" ends up making Wilde seem both prolix and irrelevant.

  • According to CNN Headline News (the brisk alternative for those who find CNN's regular news too prolix), the rating system is analogous to that used for hurricanes, with 1 a "minor inconvenience" and 5 "life threatening."

  • For all its lively examples and provocative insights, this is not a smooth text; it tends toward the prolix, partly because of the author's determination to cover all bases.


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