discursive

Example Sentences

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Some storylines do emerge from the discursive dialogue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The coin of the realm on such shows is small-talk riffing and discursive, big-ideas bullshitting, and he excelled at neither.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2025

It may be true that at the discursive level there was a change in the way the president and the Mexican government talk about the drug trade.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

Mr. Trump began by speaking in his usual discursive, dissembling manner.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt