bookish

Example Sentences

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Eventually I left for university, where I found my own tribe of bookish girls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

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 • Jan. 20, 2026

It’s a simplistic vision of the world that could appeal to and be well understood by bookish children like me.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

His carefully rehearsed lines and bookish glasses earned the self-confessed geek the unwelcome nickname of "Robot Jetten" in his early career.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Keeley, the sentimental sap, was listening to the silly, bookish girl and easing up on his grip.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein