as in rhetorical
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
another gassy speech by a long-winded politician
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Recent Examples of gassy
Also, Shell plans to develop gassier regions of Venezuela—both onshore and offshore, which would be closer to Trinidad.
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Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
17 Mar. 2026
Aside from trying a different type of baby bottle or feeding position, there are other ways to soothe a gassy baby.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
On one end of the spectrum, feeling backed up can leave you bloated, sluggish, gassy and uncomfortable.
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Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
The bubbles from carbonation add extra gas to your digestive system, and chia’s soluble fiber can slow down digestion, which may leave you feeling overly full or gassy.
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Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gassy
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
17 Mar. 2026
Aside from trying a different type of baby bottle or feeding position, there are other ways to soothe a gassy baby.
—
Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
On one end of the spectrum, feeling backed up can leave you bloated, sluggish, gassy and uncomfortable.
—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
The bubbles from carbonation add extra gas to your digestive system, and chia’s soluble fiber can slow down digestion, which may leave you feeling overly full or gassy.
—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gassy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gassy
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Hiding in plain sight Pennsylvania, like many northern states, responded to the Declaration of Independence’s rhetorical commitment to liberty by enacting a gradual emancipation law.
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The invocation of self-evident truths and inherent rights is a warrant for the destruction of existing order, a rhetorical erasure not only of the divine right of kings but also, more generally, of the prerogatives of power.
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Prioritize the allocation of available funds for the maintenance of common-use launch infrastructure, including roads, electricity distribution, and gaseous pipelines and resource reserves.
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The solution for this is to construct a new gaseous nitrogen system to supplement the existing capacity, but the $25 million project is currently unfunded.
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Teams were comfortable paying inflated prices to acquire good young players on appealing contracts.
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Once those inflated bills went unpaid, interest, penalties and fees accumulated, often ending in tax foreclosure.
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Those include Croft's flatulent butler, Winston (Bill Paterson), the explorer's uncle, Atlas DeMornay (Jason Isaacs), and Croft's tech-savvy friend, Zip (Martin Bobb-Semple).
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Now in its fifth season, the Apple TV drama follows a gang of screw-up spies who are nobody’s idea of the Avengers, led by Gary Oldman’s irascible, flatulent Jackson Lamb.
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“Gassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gassy. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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