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

Never did men speak so much to say so little; the empty verbiage and swollen emphasis swamp any truth there may be beneath their monotony and their turgidity.

From The Psychology of Revolution by Le Bon, Gustave