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turgidity

How to use turgidity in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for turgidity.

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I agree with everything you said about its turgidity. However, I really think people should make their way through it anyway.

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Meaning at a glance

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noun

pompously embellished language

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for turgidity.

Example sentences

1

I agree with everything you said about its turgidity. However, I really think people should make their way through it anyway.

2

That was confusing, but today I learned dishwashers have turbidity sensors[1], and that turgidity[2] is the force that pushes the cell's plasma against the wall. Took a while to sort that out, but thanks!

3

Probably what is going on is that if you knock out too many of these genes, you lose cell wall turgidity and the cell becomes nonviable. So what is important is not so much which of these genes you have, but how many of them you have.

4

If by "disappointment" you mean Cryptonomicon stretched the turgidity of Snow Crash to its theoretical page limit, you may have a point.

5

I have to say the shot of him in his Hawaiian shirt with the huge phallic turgidity of the engine held erect against him does look rather like an example from a Freudian textbook.

6

Too much abstraction, architecture, cleverness, turgidity. I joke that Spring is an Exception obfuscation framework.

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The observations of apparent muscle loss can be attributed to loss of muscle turgidity - a reduction in glycogen, intracellular fluid, and electrolytes. The difference between fed and fasted states, both visual and internal perceptions, are quite extreme.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use turgidity in a sentence?

I agree with everything you said about its turgidity. However, I really think people should make their way through it anyway.

What does turgidity mean?

pompously embellished language

What part of speech is turgidity?

turgidity is commonly used as noun.