15 examples of over-long in sentences
And, sirrah, see they stay not over-long; For he that erst hath conquer'd kingdoms many, Disdains in death to be subdu'd by any.
Speak on; but be not over-long.
" And where two were ready for the end that should be gained the pleading was not over-long, though the thought was very strange for this simple maiden of Murano; so the precious painting was finished and in the hands of the decorators.
Yet, because I had heard the Laughter oft, I paid not over-long attention to my thoughts upon it; and when, in a little it died away into that Eastern Darkness, I turned my spy-glass upon the Giants' Pit, which lay to the South of the Giants' Kilns.
And I perceived that she had done this thing secretly, being minded that if she eat always but one tablet, then should I never lack, even if that we did be over-long coming unto the Mighty Pyramid.
And I minded me that I should do somewhat to ease this thing, lest that I cause us both to come to an harm by staying over-long in that Land.
"I was over-long in understanding, and the thing was simple.
And so doth Galen himself hold, "That if this natural seed be over-long kept (in some parties) it turns to poison."
And all the days are over-long,
An over-long neck is not necessary, nor desirable, for the dog is not required to stoop in his work like a Greyhound, and it must be remembered that the mane, which every good specimen should have, detracts from the apparent length of neck.
" Private Cornelius Gosling-Green, M.P., had never looked really impressive even on the public platform in over-long frock-coat and turned-down collar.
He who stops over-long in the mere mechanism of religion is verily missing that for which religion stands.
Besides, if I prove over-long in the wind they may not read me at all, which, I own it, would somewhat mar my purpose.
he has spun out the dialogue, already over-long in the original, to an altogether inordinate and ludicrous extent.
"I was over-long in understanding, and the thing was simple.