Sentence examples for speak too long from inspiring English sources
Crossed arms mean "no" or disapproval; arms moved in a rotating motion mean "wrap it up" for those who speak too long.
For 10 maddening minutes we stared at each other, Samir and his shy little sister Malika on one side of the barricade, I on the other — too far apart to speak, too long to keep waving like an idiot.
However, the senator wanted 50 minutes to speak, too long for a closing address, and at Bryan's request agreed to open the debate instead.
"That's what happens when you speak too long on the floor," Coburn cracked -- an obvious reference to Cruz's 21-hour speech last September seeking to defund Obamacare.
"As usual, I spoke too long, and I apologize for that," he told the Minnesota legislators.
"I never had to apologize to convicts for speaking too long, but I do apologize to you all.
"But I couldn't dance like him, all I could do is speak - and I've spoken too long, so I'm going to sign off by saying: 'Thank you so much'".
To stop the honorees from speaking too long, Good for Her hired a sturdy-looking butch to stand on the side of the stage with a single-tail whip.
And commuters object to cell phone users who speak too loudly or too long.
They've done it for so long that they don't need to speak too much.
