sagely

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Murakami gestures to the walls before him, nodding his head sagely.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

At one point, Mr. Loomis quotes his protagonist sagely predicting, “we’ll have a depression . . . and it will be the end of an era.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Lewis sagely places his narrative squarely on Manuel’s shoulders, affording the reader the experience of strolling in the musician’s footsteps at key moments in The Band’s career.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025

Labour has nodded sagely at the urgency of the issue.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

The soft drink had been named for the digestive enzyme pepsin, he sagely told us, and so was suited to the task.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides