bookish

Example Sentences

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“You see, this is what I was telling you. My brother used to be a bookish but chatty boy. Very bright. Skipped ahead two whole grades. Awkward but lovable.”

From Literature

Dan, as bookish as he is athletic, approaches matters in a calmer register: “How should I conduct my life? Do you trust yourself, or do you not?”

From Los Angeles Times

Standing on the touchline wearing his bookish glasses and polo neck jumper while holding a notebook, Rosenior looked more like a young college lecturer than a Premier League manager.

From Barron's

He seemed a bookish sort of fellow, with a serious face and heavy straight eyebrows that sloped downward over his dark eyes.

From Literature

Daddy would have stood for a moment, taking in all the details and admiring the bookish young men and women scurrying past on their way to class.

From Literature