How to Use wordy in a Sentence

wordy

adjective
  • The original script was too wordy.
  • For me, this is all a bit too wordy, too cutesy, and too much.
    — New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • Compared to my last record, this project feels very wordy to me.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But, of course, this wordy reason can’t stand on its own verbiage.
    — Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2011
  • And something that is cross-wordy and boring would be rated low.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
  • That 2011 test message was a lot wordier than those used now.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Why do these legal tests have to be so wordy and difficult to apply?
    — Norm Pattis, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2024
  • Nobody wants to read an overly wordy newsletter that beats around the bush.
    — Yec, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Rock purists weren’t the only ones who rolled their eyes at the wordy song titles and self-conscious lyrics.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Journaling gets a bad rap; as boring lists or wordy navel-gazing.
    — Erin McKittrick, Alaska Dispatch News, 11 July 2017
  • Mateen's fierce shake of his head speaks louder than anything in Sorkin's wordy script.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Your words have to be clear, especially with the southern dialect in such a wordy song.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Before The troll farm’s posts were wordy and included many hashtags.
    — Davey Alba, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The Urdu language is not so wordy, because the words already have so much meaning.
    — Peter Helman, SPIN, 30 May 2024
  • Some card descriptions are a bit wordy, forcing pauses to reread during your first attempts.
    — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • Shakespeare is wordy; Molière can be dated; Milton is often dull.
    — Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Lamar and Eminem, protégés of sorts, both write wordy, caustic, cerebral raps that move faster than any mind or mouth should.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2022
  • That’s Marie, at the onset of menopause, experiencing a wordy hot flash.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Sep. 2021
  • There do not need to be multiple footnotes and citations and wordy, number-heavy statements.
    — April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Legal opinions tend to be dry, wordy, and intentionally vague.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The film is so visually dense, so rapidly wordy, so referential to its own form, that often, details fly by in a blur.
    — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Players said Bieniemy’s plays were wordy and hard to learn, and the results reflected those struggles.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • And the hook here is wordy but memorable — everybody knows and loves the Minnesota Vikings call-out by now.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 July 2019
  • Anders is also very wordy, and subtitles can only capture maybe 30 percent of it.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is a wordier way of explaining the obvious downstream effects of paying for better players.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Shaffer succeeds in this regard, but the wordy play grows cumbersome in its final explanatory stages.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Childress and Darrell Bevell installed the wordy West Coast scheme.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2021
  • And that doesn't include the other slightly wordier ways in which Mueller declined to answer lawmakers' questions.
    — CBS News, 24 July 2019
  • Conrad is full of wordy comic dialogue that often sings in its idiosyncrasy but also elicits little more than a chuckle.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • His skill is evident in his wide range of vocal abilities from the wordy musical numbers to the pitch of his voice between the two characters.
    — Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023

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