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Examples of turgid in a Sentence
turgid leeches having had their fill of blood
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Musically speaking, both songs are stolid, turgid, and no fun.
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David Cantwell, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
For all its immensity and depth, the sea did not have, never had, and never will have its rhythm in a pair of turgid tetas the size of two corozos.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The latter, a love story set amid geopolitical intrigue in Nicaragua, is probably not an Oscars player — the crowd at my press screening broke out in giggles at the turgid dialogue — but Close is the current odds-on favorite for the potential Cannes breakout.
—Vulture, 3 June 2022
Their performance was too turgid.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
And really, can anyone who has suffered through the turgid plot and shockingly cliche dialogue of James Cameron’s Avatar movies argue that ChatGPT would do any worse?
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
Sprightly pacing and lighthearted humor have succumbed to the turgid seriousness that plagues so much of the comic book canon, and the endearing sweetness of the early Ant-Man movies has been bigfooted into a noisy smash-and-grab extravaganza.
—Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
Cable channels had arrived some years ago with the opening up of the economy, but their content was still lacklustre: turgid comedies, lachrymose adaptations of Hindu myths, stale reruns of Santa Barbara and The Bold and the Beautiful.
—Hazlitt, 28 Apr. 2022
Cars were barely visible under several feet of turgid stormwater, as record rainfall fell on the city.
—Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2022
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David Cantwell, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
For all its immensity and depth, the sea did not have, never had, and never will have its rhythm in a pair of turgid tetas the size of two corozos.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The latter, a love story set amid geopolitical intrigue in Nicaragua, is probably not an Oscars player — the crowd at my press screening broke out in giggles at the turgid dialogue — but Close is the current odds-on favorite for the potential Cannes breakout.
—Vulture, 3 June 2022
Their performance was too turgid.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
And really, can anyone who has suffered through the turgid plot and shockingly cliche dialogue of James Cameron’s Avatar movies argue that ChatGPT would do any worse?
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
Sprightly pacing and lighthearted humor have succumbed to the turgid seriousness that plagues so much of the comic book canon, and the endearing sweetness of the early Ant-Man movies has been bigfooted into a noisy smash-and-grab extravaganza.
—Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
Cable channels had arrived some years ago with the opening up of the economy, but their content was still lacklustre: turgid comedies, lachrymose adaptations of Hindu myths, stale reruns of Santa Barbara and The Bold and the Beautiful.
—Hazlitt, 28 Apr. 2022
Cars were barely visible under several feet of turgid stormwater, as record rainfall fell on the city.
—Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
Latin turgidus, from turgēre to be swollen
First Known Use
1620, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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“Turgid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turgid. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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turgid
adjective
tur·gid
ˈtər-jəd 
1
: being in a swollen state
2
: exhibiting turgor
a turgid plant cell
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