How To Use Long-winded In A Sentence
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I travelled home via an indirect, long-winded route simply because it was sunny and I had time to spare.
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Such of his sermons as are still extant are prosy, long-winded, dogmatic absurdities, overloaded with periphrastic illustrations in scriptural language.
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
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Either way it all seemed needlessly long-winded and rather pretentious.
Times, Sunday Times
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There were no long-winded speeches boasting of his winning record or what he would do to his next opponent.
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Next he had to sit through a long-winded speech for work.
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It seems to be rather long-winded to get anywhere.
The Sun
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The whole process is incredibly long-winded.
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I have fought off the temptation to preface my answers with a long-winded introduction.
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After some incredibly long-winded backstory, which is entirely skippable, players are thrown into a prologue/tutorial.
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But It should be long-winded one, the above multi-site survey, but only after I get a accurate information, not false false name, otherwise it will stink million left out, huh, huh!
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This whole process appears long-winded and complicated but once you are familiar with it you can employ the strategy very quickly.
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She couldn't bear any more of the main character's long-winded rants about pineapples.
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The style, when it is not terse and apophthegmatic, as of one trying to imitate Bacon, is stiff with conceits and long-winded sentences.
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In the old days, legislators delivered long-winded, convoluted, extemporaneous speeches from the floor.
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Having to replace a motherboard usually necessitates a long-winded process of reinstalling an OS, programs and data.
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His speeches tend to be rather long-winded.
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I'm getting a lot of emails that carry long-winded disclaimers on them these days and quite frankly it annoys me.
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The lung of a long-winded fox is used as a cure for asthma, the yarrow is used to cure jaundice, agaricos is used for blisters, aristolochia (the fruit of which has the form of a uterus) is used for the pains of child-birth, and nettle-tea for nettle-rash.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students
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Stodgy, long-winded writing is still wasting time and money and cheating people of the chance to make an informed decision.
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long-winded (or windy) speakers
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All of which is a long-winded way of saying that tonight's programme is almost a joy to watch.
Times, Sunday Times
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Going to court is an expensive, long-winded and capricious way to resolve disputes.
Times, Sunday Times
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A frustrated thespian, he enjoyed delivering long-winded, hyperbolic, and melodramatic speeches that rolled off his tongue in a rich bass voice.
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Yet, this middle section is a slog, frankly (reminiscent of the author's long-winded diatribes in his other books).
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I'll have my laptop with me, so infrequent updates should be possible - just don't expect much rambling, nor any long-winded airport monologues.
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‘Most organisations have too many long-winded and boring meetings and that needs to change,’ Mr Markey added.
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There are still a great many stodgy lumps of plot exposition to digest, but this time around they don't seem quite as long-winded and interfere less with the overall pace of the story-telling.
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Danielle might have expected a long-winded, emotional speech about the woman's dream, but her tone was all business.
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Don't venture into the past or go into long-winded explanations or apologies about your behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
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There are short, clean-cut, crisp sentences with none of the wordy, long-windedness of one who has spent long years on the Bench.
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Denk deserves credit for using Beethoven's long-winded cadenza and giving it a blood and thunder performance out of a Liszt drawing room, which may have cemented his relationship with the audience.
Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall
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In the old days, legislators delivered long-winded, convoluted, extemporaneous speeches from the floor.
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It is a long-winded, discursive discussion about benefits and costs, without any clarity at all.
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It is a long-winded and messy process, but it is going the right way.
Times, Sunday Times
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They instigate a long-winded and flawed process that ultimately doesn't stop the bowler chucking in a match.
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The opportunity to be long-winded yet perfunctory, paradoxically daring yet formulaic, is available to only proven hit makers at the top of the heap.
March 2008
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I can tell that this is going to be one of those long-winded, rambling posts about nothing at all.
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I can tell that this is going to be one of those long-winded, rambling posts about nothing at all.
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He was thrown back on a long-winded explanation of the Italian saga.
THE GUARDSMEN
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F**k the Army (brought to you by the US Army) says: b-cup; Are you trying to be a long-winded terrorist apologizer?
Think Progress » Gingrich Says Democrats ‘Have To Take Some Moral Responsibility’ For Far-Right Death Threats
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There have been many similar wine-fuelled conversations, conspiratorial chats over coffee, or long-winded email dialogues.
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Norman had always fostered a certain self-indulgence in respect of his chain of thought, and this reverie was no exception — in other words big on panoramic sweep, but as some of his colleagues regretted, rather long-winded.
Archive 2009-05-01
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Which is a long-winded way of saying that the differences are political and cultural.
Times, Sunday Times
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Either way it all seemed needlessly long-winded and rather pretentious.
Times, Sunday Times
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The part you don't understand comes from this long-winded, self-impressed sentence which demonstrates how wordy he wants to be by hitting us over the head with as many adjectives as a thesaurus can muster: "There's a kind of joyful hopscotch, a cavalierism, a dandyishness, an enrichment, about alien presences in English, which otherwise remains for me a chewed, utilitarian, mercantile language.
Languagehat.com: THE FOREIGN IN ENGLISH.
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Instead of a boring long-winded explanation, let's just leave it by saying that the real GDP is the actual GDP minus the growth attributed to inflation.
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The only thing worse than a nutter is a long-winded nutter, and seeing how much Levi seems love his own writing and voice, he definitely fits into the latter category.
BobFromBrockley
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They are all found in botanical works under long, clumsy, Latin appellations, very little fitted for every-day uses, just like the plants of our gardens, half of which are only known by long-winded Latin polysyllables, which timid people are afraid to pronounce.
Rural Hours
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Spring can really hang you up the most were more than an exercise in poesy; someone who was a lot of fun, but who may have waited for some calls that never came as men chose other leggier, prettier girls for—as Cleveland Amory recounted of a young man from Boston backed by a long-winded reference—breeding purposes.
The Sad Songs of Spring
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Either way it all seemed needlessly long-winded and rather pretentious.
Times, Sunday Times
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The whole process is incredibly long-winded.
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They are placing astrology on the same level as fantasy, which makes their long-winded obscurities largely redundant.
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In a long-winded speech peppered with German phrases no one else understood, he made it sound as if television was right up there with sharing dirty needles or deforestation.
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Your post features both long-windedness and pomposity in abundance, which is fitting because those two qualities also comprise the left foot and right foot of your idol Obama, in that they are his feet of clay.
The Early Word: Leftovers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
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Long-winded sentences and pedantic phraseology have yielded place to brief reports.
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Despite these polemics coming into play, the pair of us have managed to get along famously and have exchanged some very long-winded email arguments covering not just politics, but life in general.
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With most hotels, booking online is a long-winded process.
Times, Sunday Times
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I say, I beg your pardon, frightfully — I'm afraid I'm bein 'beastly long-winded.
Whose Body?
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We've all had to put up with long-winded legal writing.
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King, known for his trademark electric hairdo, is perceived by most of the public as a clown-like showman who, though long-winded, is an entertaining character.
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In another room, long-winded speeches are given.
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None of the youngsters made long-winded speeches, but they said it all through sprightly dances that were a celebration of life and an exhibition of talent.
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I thought it was a lovely example of the long-winded way in which such publicity material was once worded.
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Evolution is not a long-winded way of making human beings.
Times, Sunday Times
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Okay, Peter, I'll give you a break from my long-winded questions about your books.
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It seemed to Jordan that he was going into another long-winded speech.
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If he gives long-winded answers, you could ask three questions.
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Jeffries spoke for well over an hour, without pause, without notes, as fluent and long-winded as Fidel Castro.
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It is a long-winded, discursive discussion about benefits and costs, without any clarity at all.
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Well, there are some other things, but - damn! - am I long-winded, or what?
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The object is to eliminate long-winded confabs where participants pontificate, play Angry Birds on their cellphones or tune out.
No More Angling for the Best Seat; More Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs
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Allison could tell he was one to give long-winded speeches.
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His speeches tend to be rather long-winded.
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This method is, however, a little long-winded if you only want to edit a couple of lines.
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These vigils aren't rallies or places to give long-winded speeches.
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I can tell that this is going to be one of those long-winded, rambling posts about nothing at all.
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The guy thinks that attending court receptions with boring old guys reciting long-winded speeches is fun!
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Which is a long-winded way of saying that human nature will play a part in deliberations.
Times, Sunday Times
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The audience tuned out when the speaker began his long-winded speech.
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Something of the rhapsodic style of the first set of these Strauss songs, not to mention their symphonic piano accompaniments, released a superabundance of energy within Kaufmann, and we discovered new dimensions in his artistry: a long-winded breath control, his openhearted romantic fervor, a darkish head tone, and a kind of pure ecstasy in his delivery.
Rodney Punt: Jonas Kaufmann Triumphs in Lieder Recital for LA Opera
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The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted.
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The interview with the maestro is long-winded and unedited, as he rambles on about everything from his directorial technique to his upbringing.
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The solicitors told us we would need to have the deeds reconstituted, quite a long-winded process.
Times, Sunday Times
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Levi was well-known for his impatience with long-winded, solipsistic or obscurantist prose.
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Either way it all seemed needlessly long-winded and rather pretentious.
Times, Sunday Times
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He admits to finding the Buddha's dialogues ‘long-winded and repetitious,’ with ‘little of the artistry so evident in Plato.’
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That definition, which is taken from Box's study, is rather long-winded, but corporate crime is a complex issue.
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That definition, which is taken from Box's study, is rather long-winded, but corporate crime is a complex issue.
