| The sergeant's mouth twitched and I knew he was trying not to laugh at my long-windedness. |
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| Election Night coverage on TV tends to become a marathon of long-windedness. |
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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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| I hasten to add, however, that this approach is preferable to the long-windedness exhibited by too many big budget productions. |
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| He dismissed expert testimony from both sides, chided lawyers for long-windedness and inserted himself into the questioning of witnesses. |
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| I think he has an odd combination of longevity and long-windedness that passes for wisdom in Washington. |
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| Ready to scold you at the slightest hint of long-windedness or superfluous complexity. |
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| Then the long-windedness gets boring without vocals to guide it. |
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| Schaap is always apologizing, acknowledging his long-windedness, his nudnik tendencies. |
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| Pundits seriously debated whether Mr. Clinton's long-windedness might end his career. |
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| Stephenson's long-windedness is notorious, and it's aided along by the fact that he is not a particularly careful stylist. |
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| The problem of long-windedness is not restricted to the City Council. |
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| His long-windedness can resemble obstructionism. |
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