verbose

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In another, a patient reporting a headache was given a verbose response that said the patient could have anything from something minor to a brain tumor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

It mimics my chatty style of writing, but it's also a bit repetitive, and very verbose.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

On Thursday, the world witnessed a new, verbose chapter in those efforts: Mr. Putin’s two-hour interview, taped in a gilded hall at the Kremlin, with one of America’s most prominent and most divisive conservative commentators.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

James was less verbose Tuesday after the win over the Raptors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

Neither of us was what anyone would call verbose, and I didn’t know what there was to say regardless.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer