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

What remains, is a species of pseudo-emotion which must be characterized as lachrymose hysteria or turgidity.

From Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music by Busoni, Ferruccio