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
His letters often end in apologies for his sloppy handwriting and long-windedness, which he attributed to the power of “Cruel Cupid.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2016
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
One afternoon—I am trying to begin at the beginning of our strange experiences; even at the risk of long-windedness it seems better to do so—we were all assembled in the gallery at tea-time.
From Uncanny Tales by Mrs. Mary Louisa Molesworth
