turgidity
Example Sentences
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“Just from a scientific, botanical perspective, there’s no way that a plant can lose that much of its turgidity — the positive water pressure that keeps its stem rigid,” she explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
In a piece as graceful and zesty as the Ravel, the slowly accumulating strength of the orchestra could be taken for turgidity.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Every so often an academic article liberates itself from the bonds of turgidity that characterize scholarly prose, and instead welcome readers with a refreshing gust of literary flair.
From Salon ● May 17, 2020
There was his batting, notable for its skill and tenacity but also for its turgidity and self-absorption, tending towards selfishness.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2019
There is sometimes an obscurity in her fancies, and a turgidity in her language.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
