Sentences with phrase «ponderous circumlocution»

Questions as to whether the dozen or so photographs exhibited are the final phase of Nayar's latest project or merely documentation of her process come off a ponderous circumlocution that detracts from the dynamic effect of the images themselves.

Some use of subjective terms may be warranted in describing the behavior of human beings and perhaps of higher animals to avoid ponderous circumlocutions, but should be avoided in attempts at the most precise formulations.