verbiage

Example Sentences

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So little of Mr. Carlson’s recent verbiage bears scrutiny that I’m left to wonder what it’s all about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

It’s one of those things where the verbiage that everyone uses is “attached.”

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

Still, before Bass left town, the regional branch of the National Weather Service was predicting critical fire conditions, verbiage that shifted to “extreme fire weather conditions” on Jan. 5.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

"It's more the voters within the party and the verbiage around human sexuality and gender."

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

That tedious paragraph was filled with metadiscourse—verbiage about verbiage, such as subsection, review, and discussion.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker