flowery language

Example Sentences

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In private, President Joe Biden reportedly uses highly descriptive and flowery language to describe Donald Trump.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2024

Watch out for poor spelling or grammar, overly flowery language and phrases that don’t make sense.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2022

Everything was disguised by complicated, flowery language and references to ancient rules.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2019

The clerk, Scott Harris, read out the commission from parchment, its flowery language granting Justice Kavanaugh the privileges of a justice “during his good behavior.”

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2018

I always assumed, on account of the flowery language, that Hamlet took place around 1400, since everything in England takes place in 1400.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle