The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war. From LearnThat.org. [Henry Cabot Lodge (1902-1985)]
MATTHEW GOODE has slammed his new movie LEAP YEAR as "turgid" - insisting the AMY ADAMS movie will be labelled "the worst film of 2010.". From Wordnik.com. [ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News] Reference
February 24th, 2010 more images more imagesMATTHEW GOODE has slammed his new movie LEAP YEAR as "turgid" - insisting the AMY ADAMS movie will be labelled "the worst film of 2010.". From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
As Gunn says in 'Players': Listen, I spent most of this year trapped in what I can only describe as a turgid supernatural soap-opera. From Wordnik.com. [An Assistant Professor Of Cultural Studies With An MFA] Reference
What's left must be relentlessly prodded to provide the kind of turgid prose that I'm inordinately fond of. From Wordnik.com. [Toyols Steal the Reading Public] Reference
It got trashed, but there are great sequences in there, but the overall effect is kind of turgid in a certain way. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Gilliam on Watchmen « Gerry Canavan] Reference
But I have come to the conclusion that there is more than one spewer of insulting, yes "turgid" prose, alike as they may be. From Wordnik.com. ["This man is a clear-eyed pragmatist who will get the job done" — says Biden of Obama.] Reference
After I looked up what "turgid" meant, I was outraged. From Wordnik.com. [Destructoid] Reference
Even Wells used the word "turgid" to describe last week's effort against Australia, which was dangerously honest of him. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
In "Canoe-Lake" (1997-98), a girl floats on a turgid lake. From Wordnik.com. [Back From the Wilderness] Reference
The turgid stream was not wide and it was not a long fight. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
He wanted to paint, but his ideas were turgid and fragmentary. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Though the turgid cover of Neil Young's "" F--- in 'Up' 'might give you pause. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Checks] Reference
Suddenly, maddened by the stubborn hindrance, the river grows black and turgid. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
The play was a turgid coagulation of illogical episodes lacking in all plausibility. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The face turns black; the veins become turgid; insensibility and often convulsions ensue. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
No amount of reasoning, however sound, would have moved the turgid intellects of those miners. From Wordnik.com. [Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission] Reference
This may be airy, light, and gossamer, or turgid and obscure: it may be commonplace or ponderous. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit and Music] Reference
It is no progress, therefore, to worship the turgid and obscure, whether in words or music, or both. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit and Music] Reference
This is true, since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories To Die For: The Art Of The 'Obituaries'] Reference
The plane was bumping and bucking, and I could see the wings flapping in the turgid air outside my window. From Wordnik.com. [Rebirth] Reference
If the pressure be now removed, the empty part of the vein will fill instantly and look as turgid as before. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
So strung with tubed blood, not dressed her turgid best in this off-white room: one window, seemingly no floor. From Wordnik.com. [Here] Reference
This turgid and risible analogy deteriorated further as the Kosovar Velvet was stained by the blood of innocents. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
Morning dawned gloomily; there was a light mist hanging over the streambed, and much of the sky was turgid with clouds. From Wordnik.com. [Attrition] Reference
Poisons of the foulest kind pollute the water which flows down the turgid Conemaugh into the Allegheny River, whence is. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Unlike himself or the one in the denim jacket who both had a golden brown complexion, his was a muddier, more turgid tone. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
It's hard to see how we're better off slogging through a lot of turgid legalese to find out what we're sinking our money into. From Wordnik.com. [Funds, In Plain English] Reference
The turgid Maryann business was driving me crazy, the subplot in Dallas felt disconnected from everything else ... it was rough. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 3, Ep. 6] Reference
Besides, he adds in effect on the next page, so far from "confining the fancy" rhyme is apt to lead to turgid and stilted writing. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
The prize, one of the world's most prestigious for literary fiction, has always had a reputation for honoring fusty, turgid tomes. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes On The Prize] Reference
Some cocky reporter was probably still patting himself on the back for cleverly ramming that turgid alliteration into his headline. From Wordnik.com. [Perish The Thought] Reference
Young is sometimes turgid, with a good deal of bad taste; but he abounds in real poetry, and in strong truths most forcibly expressed. From Wordnik.com. [Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew] Reference
It is true that Capello was considered all but flawless on the way to a World Cup where his team suddenly looked turgid and antiquated. From Wordnik.com. [Fabio Capello keen to convey sense of the new and regain old renown] Reference
The splendid and popular class was composed of the advocates, who filled the Forum with the sound of their turgid and loquacious rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition] Reference
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