wordiness
Example Sentences
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It had then probably been doomed by its wordiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
Yet for all her dazzling wordiness, there is a sluggish midtempo feel that permeates this album’s 23-song track list.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
Identify instances of wordiness and overused modifiers and edit to eliminate them.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
She sang a version of Sondheim’s “Another Hundred People,” with lyrics like “Another hundred syllables came out of my mouth,” mocking the composer’s wordiness.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2016
Yet like those of Lydgate and Caxton, Bokenam's protestations are not entirely convincing, and in them one catches glimpses of a lurking fondness for the wordiness of fine writing.
From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross
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Language and Grammar - High School
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