long-windedness
Example Sentences
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The president also joked about the contrast between his own reputation for long-windedness and Reid’s laconic style.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022
He generally resisted the epic long-windedness of nineteenth-century German prose, but here he makes an exception as he verbally acts out the condition of universal flux.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
Hall and Oates then took the stage for speeches so brief they seemed to be a shot at the E Street Band’s long-windedness.
From Time ● Apr. 11, 2014
By Thursday afternoon, Mr. DeFrancisco could no longer contain his frustration with the long-windedness of some of the people who came to testify.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2011
His grand quality was extreme long-windedness, which enabled him to execute roulades, complicated and continuous enough to throw any rational audience into fits.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Evariste Regis Huc
