turgid

Example Sentences

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France ended their turgid November campaign with a lacklustre 48-33 win over the Wallabies after failing to live up to expectations as a swashbuckling side capable of challenging the world's best under coach Fabien Galthie.

From Barron's

Rangers' domestic results are improving under new head coach Rohl, but the quality of the football is still turgid.

From BBC

Though Godard later came to be synonymous with turgid, obtuse cinema, “Nouvelle Vague” is the opposite: a sprightly, effervescent ode to moviemaking as semi-controlled mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal

England did what they had to do, no matter how turgid and uneventful this was.

From BBC

The eventual and ultimate success of “Mare of Easttown” unifies around Winslet, who magnetized this series from the start, carrying the mystery through its turgid spots and electrifying its finest ones.

From Salon