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noun

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Recent Examples of verbose
Adjective
The lawmaker said that the usable speech only came after four or five prompts that generated unusable material, either too verbose or oddly phrased, an illustration of how important the input into the AI is to the result. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2023 The verbose coach was at somewhat of a loss for words, opting to forgo opening remarks in his postgame press conference and instead diving right into questions. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2023
Noun
But Sieh is the standout, emitting a complex blend of sardonic acceptance, cynical verbosity and submerged emotional longing. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 Crisp articulation of ideas trumps verbosity, fostering a culture that treasures originality and respect for the reader’s time. Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for verbose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbose
Adjective
  • In the past several years, Edge had filed a string of civil lawsuits with rambling, sometimes conspiratorial claims.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Kiehne was frustrated with the Joneses because the county government wouldn’t grade the dirt road up to his ranch, a rambling territory along the New Mexico border.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In this Pixar staple, elderly widower Carl sets off on an adventure to fulfill his late wife’s dream, only to be accompanied by an eager Boy Scout and an annoyingly talkative dog.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 16 Sep. 2025
  • After all, for seven seasons, Graham and Bledel starred as the unstoppable (and oh-so-talkative) mother-daughter duo of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, the two besties at the center of Stars Hollow, a small Connecticut town with a very big personality.
    Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In 1949, a young American artist named Ray Johnson left Black Mountain College near Asheville, N.C., moved to New York City and began to explore his prolix talents, both visual and verbal.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • His answer is this book: a laudably sincere, exasperatingly prolix and occasionally affecting rumination on the state of Egypt—its society, culture, history and politics—pegged to the maddening bureaucracy of the archive.
    Kapil Komireddi, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Rather than getting caught in a web of repetition, Matheny wanted to spin some new ideas that felt natural.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But for the sake of avoiding repetition, let’s shout out some other players.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Anders is also very wordy, and subtitles can only capture maybe 30 percent of it.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For example, the AI maker might tell the AI to always respond succinctly and not be overly wordy.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • On their website, the three yellow stripes are prominently featured on the website under the Black Lives Matter wordage, and used on their social media accounts.
    Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Flatulent describes inflated, pretentious writing; garrulity describes excessive talkativeness.
    Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020

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“Verbose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbose. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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