verbose

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In another, a patient reporting a headache was given a verbose response that said the patient could have anything from something minor to a brain tumor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

She has used verbose phrases when speaking off the cuff, and while a few turns of phrase have been embraced by her supporters, opponents have often criticised her for a lack of clarity.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

The play is verbose, the plot is sluggishly novelistic and the operatic scale is indulgent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

On Thursday, the world witnessed a new, verbose chapter in those efforts: Mr. Putin’s two-hour interview, taped in a gilded hall at the Kremlin, with one of America’s most prominent and most divisive conservative commentators.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

There were always two or three meandering speeches, and all of them seemed written by the same verbose, insincere person.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie