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

Fans of Nunez’s tartly discursive yet flowing novel will likely miss the snap of its critical observations on literary mind-sets and whatnot.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

What changed in the years since the beginning of the #MeToo movement is the presumption that strong enough discursive pushback might indeed lead to actual banishment.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024

The assembly shredded away and became a discursive and random scatter from the palms to the water and away along the beach, beyond night sight.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding