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turgid leeches having had their fill of blood
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But, somehow, Clarkson found the faint sliver of light in that otherwise dim forest of turgid inner turmoil.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 May 2024
It was dismissed as melodrama and a history lesson, more an outburst than a play, neither art nor entertainment, as mechanical, medicinal, didactic, hermetic, clumsy, creaky, icy, turgid, empty, and labored—some of which remains true.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
The intention to illuminate the political machinations of the Capitol and the importance of the games in maintaining the divide between the ruling class and the powerless plebs yields little beyond turgid gloom.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
Musically speaking, both songs are stolid, turgid, and no fun.
—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
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 May 2024
It was dismissed as melodrama and a history lesson, more an outburst than a play, neither art nor entertainment, as mechanical, medicinal, didactic, hermetic, clumsy, creaky, icy, turgid, empty, and labored—some of which remains true.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
The intention to illuminate the political machinations of the Capitol and the importance of the games in maintaining the divide between the ruling class and the powerless plebs yields little beyond turgid gloom.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
Musically speaking, both songs are stolid, turgid, and no fun.
—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
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“Turgid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turgid. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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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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