overlong

I will not dwell upon the matter overlong, but will tell as speedily as may be of how that stout fellow, Robin Hood, died as he had lived, not at court as Earl of Huntingdon, but with bow in hand, his heart in the greenwood, and he himself a right yeoman.

He wondered if they would remember him--the memory of some apes is not overlong, and two years may be an eternity to them.

Once Tarzan had saved Taug's life; but the memory of an ape is not overlong, nor would gratitude rise above the parental instinct.

But again,'- Kim's face puckered with cunning, - 'he would not make overlong inquiry, lest people should ask: "What has this Colonel Sahib to do with that horse-dealer?" But I - if I lived -,

Director John Turteltaub keeps up a brisk pace but, at 125 minutes, it's overlong.

In Boone County's case, the school had extended its dress code to prohibit students from wearing clothing that it deems unsafe, such as overlong jeans they might trip over or sandals without back straps that might make them slip on a staircase.

The overlong, vaguely camp appreciation of blood and guts, God and country, ultimate sacrifice and cheap thrills copyrighted throughout all universes known and unknown as Independence Day seemed to evaporate from the mind faster than the memory of the Steve Forbes juggernaut.

Several poems are marked with the bitterness Canadians of all colors felt in the sleazy Mulroney era, denounced in an overlong, ironic "Obituary" for the Pakistani dictator Zia Al-Haq.

The book, part of a these d'etat, is overlong and incomplete.

Or Lloyd's Prayer by Kevin Kling, a quirky, overlong but thoroughly lively jeu d'esprit and star vehicle for its author/actor?

THE story of Ruth Ellis - the last woman to be hanged in the UK - has fascinated people for decades, but The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story (BBC4, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) was overlong, laboured and tedious.