verbose

How to use verbose in a sentence

Avoid verbose marketing lingo and keep answers short and concise.

The verbose Marmot, wordless; the listless Slaughter, dominant.

One day when Little Teacher had given him a verbose definition of the word “pestiferous,” David looked at her comprehendingly.

DAVID DUNNEBELLE KANARIS MANIATES

Consequently, he gives us rather a verbose declamation against their philosophy than any clear view of its character.

The welcome of the Indians was simple always, and a word sufficed among them as amply as the most studied and verbose compliment.

The other women were hopelessly verbose, or, if they argued against her, ridiculously unseeing.

NARCISSUSEVELYN SCOTT

These were not statements of knowledge, but verbose confessions of ignorance.

Baha's style is rhetorical, verbose, prolix, but with a certain strength.

No; in my roundabout, verbose way, Miss Deane, I was explaining that my cook's illness was a matter for congratulation.

FIND THE WOMANARTHUR SOMERS ROCHE

I can laugh now at the impossible metres, the grandiose phrases, the verbose repetitions of my poem.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985