verbiage

Example Sentences

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So little of Mr. Carlson’s recent verbiage bears scrutiny that I’m left to wonder what it’s all about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Still, before Bass left town, the regional branch of the National Weather Service was predicting critical fire conditions, verbiage that shifted to “extreme fire weather conditions” on Jan. 5.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

"It's more the voters within the party and the verbiage around human sexuality and gender."

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

It's very mindful and very demure, one might say using TikTok verbiage.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

An important principle in composition is that the amount of verbiage one devotes to a point should not be too far out of line with how central it is to the argument.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker