sententious
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Yet “sandblasted” is not a satire of Oprah or Oprah-ism; especially as played by the former newscaster and talk show host Rolonda Watts, Adah is at least as warm as she is sententious.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2022
This is the foggy lens through which our most sententious pundits are—week after week—doggedly committed to viewing the state of American society.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2018
What’s more, Charles’s sententious interpretation of noblesse oblige leaves him open to the charge of overstepping the constitutional boundaries of his position.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017
It’s a lot easier to sell the politics of “Redemption Song” or “Blowin’ in the Wind” if you’re going to make sententious speech in defense of the band you’re welcoming into the building.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2015
Gnome, nōm, n. a pithy and sententious saying, generally in verse, embodying some moral sentiment or precept.—Gnomic poets, a class of writers of this form in Greek literature.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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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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