Recent Examples on the WebIt 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 Sprightly pacing and lighthearted humor have succumbed to the turgid seriousness that plagues so much of the comic book canon, and the endearing sweetness of the early Ant-Man movies has been bigfooted into a noisy smash-and-grab extravaganza.—Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
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