The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms. James F. Cooper
The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy. Carol Ann Duffy
My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.
The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me. William Shatner
The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.
The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.
