verbose

Example Sentences

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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

In the end, Farrell said it took him 46 takes to deliver one single line, albeit a verbose one: “I’m sure you’ve all grasped the fundamental paradox of pre-crime methodology.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

It mimics my chatty style of writing, but it's also a bit repetitive, and very verbose.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

And when people learn I’m a fan of the Mountain Goats — the wildly prolific, verbose and cult-beloved group led by the singer-songwriter-novelist John Darnielle — I am sometimes called upon to be that guide.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023

So though it looks like a polar opposite of the speech that went before it—Everett verbose and ornate where Lincoln was clipped; Everett concrete where Lincoln was abstract—it is a modification rather than a rebuke.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith