discursive

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The parts add up to a novel that is scathing but discursive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The coin of the realm on such shows is small-talk riffing and discursive, big-ideas bullshitting, and he excelled at neither.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2025

Joe Dunthorne’s discursive fourth-generation memoir, “Children of Radium,” unpacks that move, while wandering across Europe and through decades of family lore.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

Jelinek’s signature dramatic form is the theatrical monologue: lengthy paragraphs of discursive text without clearly indicated characters, stage directions or conventional plot.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

The assembly shredded away and became a discursive and random scatter from the palms to the water and away along the beach, beyond night sight.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding