Example sentences for: turgidity

How can you use “turgidity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It is difficult to keep language distinct from writing, though readers of this quarterly might have become aware that the reviews of books appearing in these pages often comment on the execrable turgidity of the writing of most linguists.

  • If one doubts the turgidity of the style of this work, witness the following, which merely says that entries in a dictionary can be ordered in different ways:

  • The writing in 0both halves, though lean and muscular--the author falls prey to none of the ills of turgidity that he so lavishly dispraises--is polished and witty, spiced with revealing anecdotes and sparkling detail.

  • What they say and write I have found to be characteristically stimulating and rewarding, not plagued by the turgidity that so often seems to be the norm in scholarly papers.

  • In like fashion, my mystery lecture exposes the unconscious fear of obfuscation, turgidity, and other obstacles to clarity on the part of the speaker.


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