long-winded (or windy) speakers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Avoid real interaction by telling long-winded stories. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: 7 Tips for being an unequivocally B-O-R-I-N-G friend] Reference
At 82, Oscar is both long-winded and long in the tooth. From Wordnik.com. [Newsweek Rumblr: How Were The Oscars?] Reference
To our taste the story is too discursive and long-winded. From Wordnik.com. [Maxim Gorki] Reference
His answers were long-winded and a bit of stump-speechifying. From Wordnik.com. [Daphne Wysham: Coming Face to Face with Obama and the Vanishing American Dream] Reference
If a headline is over 140 characters, it is deemed long-winded. From Wordnik.com. [Amy Chan: "Getting" Social Media Before Jumping on the Bandwagon] Reference
Deceiving long-winded phone friends doesn't strike Schmidt as mean. From Wordnik.com. [I'd Love To Talk, Really, But...] Reference
What, in God's name, did this long-winded old fool have to tell him?. From Wordnik.com. [Murder at Bridge] Reference
COMMUNICATIONTerrific off the cuff, but prepared speeches stilted, long-winded. From Wordnik.com. [A Voter's Guide To The Issues] Reference
For a letter from you never yet seemed to me either ill-timed or too long-winded. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
Not to be too long-winded, we carried ridge after ridge of kopje for several miles. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
“Very nicely summarized, Sam — I can't think why Aesop was so long-winded about it.”. From Wordnik.com. [Lips that Touch Liquor: The French 75] Reference
The bully-ragging, long-winded collection letter has no place in self-respecting business. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence] Reference
They can be long-winded, insensitive and impolite, often failing to look people in the eye. From Wordnik.com. [Working With Someone With Asperger's] Reference
While his metamorphosis is long-winded and sometimes overly graphic, it's certainly entertaining. From Wordnik.com. [SNAP JUDGMENT: BOOKS] Reference
Those long-winded slaves in "Among the Pines" seemed rather fictitious and literary in comparison. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
HERMES: The next day, I thought about this more, and I texted my niece with a long-winded question. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Gaga: A Spectacle At Madison Square Garden] Reference
Given his long-winded responses, Obama could take advantage of the extra time to complete his answers. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Ready to Rumble] Reference
But as you can see, in spite of our pledge to reduce our rhetoric, we politicians are notoriously long-winded. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
Clark is widely reported to be improving on the stump, to be less long-winded and more polished in his answers. From Wordnik.com. [HUNTING AN 'UN-DEAN': THE GENERAL'S NEW STRIPES] Reference
Joel is long-winded and the Colonel is booming The Gore for all it is worth and more too; I want to hear the fun. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
I've knelt and stood through enough o 'your long-winded prayers, and now it's my time to talk and yours to listen.'. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
In a hilarious and lengthy segment, Colbert unveils his long-winded plan to ruin same-sex marriages as a retaliation. From Wordnik.com. [Colbert Unveils Master Plan To 'Ruin' Gay Marriage (VIDEO)] Reference
But that's not all bad, Wahid jokes: no longer will Indonesians have to suffer through long-winded presidential speeches. From Wordnik.com. [Indonesia's Magic Man] Reference
Many are verbal fanatics, immersing themselves in long-winded monologues about obscure topics, like fat fryers or snakes. From Wordnik.com. [When Does Autism Start?] Reference
It opened the judicial system to millions, but also encouraged long-winded lawyers and money-crazed jurors and witnesses. From Wordnik.com. [How To Run A Textbook Trial] Reference
After half an hour of mingling, Brian Plick began a long-winded speech which he never got to finish. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Wall of Suburbia] Reference
Please make certain to elaborate on your questions, using as necessary personal anecdotes, however long-winded or irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [A Few Introductory Words] Reference
Superbowl Guy was saved by a long-winded goat herder, who might have survived the council if she'd kept her big mouth closed. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Not About Yve] Reference
He didn't even use the occasion to deliver one of the long-winded lectures that state television once felt compelled to broadcast. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Future] Reference
You must forgive me if I am lengthy; but I can only write in my own way, dear Trix, and perhaps that will be a little long-winded. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Clearly this was a more engaging story than some long-winded discussion about tariffs by a lot of guys wearing translation devices. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: A Presidential Packing List] Reference
For more literate high jinks, there's the Jargonator, which translates everyday language into the long-winded lexicon of management. From Wordnik.com. [Counterproductive Diversions] Reference
As early as 1988, when giving his long-winded nominating speech for Michael Dukakis, Clinton spoke of "a bridge to the 21st century.". From Wordnik.com. [So Long, Music Man] Reference
The verbal sparring continued as the boy's mother refused to answer many questions directly, giving long-winded explanations instead. From Wordnik.com. [A Mother's Testimony] Reference
Both are long, sometimes long-winded, packed with elaborately inventive plotlines, digressions, explanations and multiple characters. From Wordnik.com. [Rick Moody 'Takes The Inane And Makes It Sincere' In 'The Four Fingers Of Death'] Reference
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