cogency

Example Sentences

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Tall, handsome and with a roguish charm, Bo seemed to enjoy the challenge, answering questions with wit and cogency.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022

Her book has very little celebration in it, but it is a triumphant document of her refusal to be unseen, her ongoing dedication to cogency.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

Some of this new cogency comes from places you might least expect.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2019

The cogency of her intervention is twofold: its relative rarity, and the fact that Swift is who she is – not Joan Baez getting arrested on a peace march, or Paul Kantner urging “Gotta Revolution!”

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2018

The cogency of the argument lies entirely in the cumulative character of the proof.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William