aphoristic
Example Sentences
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Kate Riley follows Ruth from childhood to middle age, writing with kindness, hilarity and aphoristic brilliance about this eccentric woman, a lost lamb who never actually leaves the safety of the flock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
That’s nothing new: For decades, Davis has specialized in aphoristic stories that thrive on wordplay, rhythm and irony while avoiding easy sarcasm or dad jokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Then she’d give me some sage, aphoristic advice.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2021
The report here acquires an aphoristic quality: “Ms. Bennett expressed fear of what would happen if the Governor knew she had told anyone. Ms. DesRosiers and Ms. Mogul found Ms. Bennett to be credible.”
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2021
The play combines love intrigues, as absurd as those usual in contemporary plays, with lucid declamation and aphoristic moralizing.
From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike
