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Dazzled by the effulgence of the author’s beauty, he prevaricated on his low opinion of her work resulting in a review which was a mish mash of periphrastic tarradiddle. (by Ceathair Focail)
He settles upon an event with a periphrastic loquacity that blackens the conversational skies with such prevaricative tarradiddle as to resemble a plague of magniloquent locusts striking the very effulgence of the Sun from view. (by gumo420)
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A truth expressed carelessly sounds like a taradiddle, an earnest premise stated sloppily signals prevarication, and an effulgent argument encased in periphrasis is easy to ignore. (by Rudi)