be prolix

Fondrie's sentence is the shortest winner in the prize's history, "proving that bad writing need not be prolix, or even very wordy", said organisers.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2011

And, not to be prolix with long relations of affairs and details concerning this land, I will refer you to those which I am writing to the royal Council of the Indies.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

But not to be prolix in describing what relates to the affairs of this great city, although it is with difficulty that I refrain from proceeding.

From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Had the dunce         But aimed at these bare words the rogues had found him,         But striving to be prolix, they half drowned him.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Mary Lamb

Not to be prolix on this subject—let us remember one capital illustration—that of the clown and his two pieces of fireworks.

From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford