elaborate explanation
Example Sentences
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And the less elaborate explanation you offer, the better.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025
I won’t go into an elaborate explanation here, but sympathy and solidarity are qualities that people do need.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022
The second promises the same thing, without his rival’s elaborate explanation.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2017
Anxious to contextualise this shocking revelation, I launched into an elaborate explanation, until I glanced in the mirror again.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2016
The Governor replied, making what Frobisher guessed to be a long and elaborate explanation.
From A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas by Webb, Archibald
