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
In Monsieur Le Breton's opinion, Balzac's long-windedness is, in a measure, due to Richardson, who reacted upon him by his defects no less than by his excellencies.
From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick
