sententious
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On the other hand, the sententious segues and gassed-up encomiums to whatever B-list star was arriving onstage were eliminated.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2023
Sometimes, though, he drifts into a more sententious, editorial register.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022
There’s a similar try-hard-ness about “The Power of Prayer,” another song about the spiritual significance of music that I find more sententious than moving.
From Slate • Oct. 22, 2020
The film is narrated in a wanly philosophical and sententious voice-over, which Willem Dafoe delivers in an oracular, seen-it-all voice.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 6, 2018
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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