discursive

Example Sentences

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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

“Cordially” is a little too jumpy for its own good, but its discursive heart is in the right place for these grievous times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Leith’s way of talking about music is a lot like his actual music: blurry and discursive, but also precisely evocative.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 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