aphoristic
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Similarly, the cast wrings some poetry out of the prosaic, often aphoristic dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
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
At Bridgewater Hall, Selaocoe channeled this history through aphoristic pronouncements, telling the audience: “The future is in the past.”
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022
Then she’d give me some sage, aphoristic advice.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
“All the world love the lover,” says Emerson, and Tisha could certify to this aphoristic truth, for who more humble than Tisha?
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
