mvc list view overflowing

mvc4 i have a  list like serial number column , content column and date column ,

 

while the content is more then 500 words it's overflowing the row ., i wanna show that first little words in a row don't wanna over flow how can i do it ???

 

@foreach (var msg in Model)
{

@sn
@Html.DisplayFor(a => msg.content)
@Html.DisplayFor(a=>msg.date)

sn++;
}