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Recent Examples of turgid Only one Test has resulted in a draw since Stokes and McCullum joined forces on the back of a particularly turgid period during which England had won only one game in 17 under a far more conservative management duo of skipper Joe Root and coach Chris Silverwood. Paul Newman, New York Times, 12 July 2025 That was one of the weaknesses of Bryan Singer’s joyless and swiftly forgotten 2006 effort, Superman Returns, while by contrast, distancing itself so strenuously from the Donner model was the fatal flaw of Zack Snyder’s turgid Man of Steel in 2013, though that doom-and-gloom saga has its champions. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025 After a frigid, turgid April (.147 average), everything’s starting to come to life again for one of the good dudes in the game. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 June 2025 However, there have been instances, such as the 0-0 draw with Aston Villa in November, when United looked turgid and struggled to create. Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turgid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turgid
swollen
Adjective
  • This can also be caused by a lack of sleep—which also comes with risks of chronic fatigue, thinning hair and swollen lower eyelids.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Trump’s apparently swollen ankles, which were photographed at the FIFA Club World Cup Final in July, have been connected to the condition.
    Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Turgid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turgid. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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