erudite

Example Sentences

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Because even his emails are literary, this one was erudite and friendly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Although his public persona was quite vivid—convivial, erudite but unpretentious, articulate, and unfailingly charming—he did not imbue his buildings with a distinctive graphic sensibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The Pod Save America staff remain funny, erudite, and extremely online; the only qualifications necessary to be adept podcasters.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

It is something he observed in his wife’s grandfather, a lifelong reader and raconteur who retained his gentle voice and erudite air long after the stories in him were lost to Alzheimer’s disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Her dedicated, austere life could not be thus explained—she was the daughter of a solidly comfortable, erudite banking family.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson