bookish
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Eric, bookish and unathletic, grew up in 1920s Vienna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Plenty of members of bookish communities attribute it to plain old greed, but there’s also something more: influencer brain.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
When Alice Lockey, a well-read lady’s maid to an aristocrat, meets the bookish Charlie, a valet, the match seems meant to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Thomas Harris grew up in the South as a bookish outcast, reading the works of Ernest Hemingway and Jonathan Swift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Barristan Selmy was not a bookish man, but he had often glanced through the pages of the White Book, where the deeds of his predecessors had been recorded.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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