elaborate explanation
Example Sentences
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And the less elaborate explanation you offer, the better.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025
I won’t go into an elaborate explanation here, but sympathy and solidarity are qualities that people do need.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022
The second promises the same thing, without his rival’s elaborate explanation.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2017
Anxious to contextualise this shocking revelation, I launched into an elaborate explanation, until I glanced in the mirror again.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2016
These characters must be sharply individualized and boldly contrasted; and the story in which they take part must be at once strong and simple, calling for no elaborate explanation and moving forward steadily and irresistibly.
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
