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sententious

[sen-ten-shuhs] / sɛnˈtɛn ʃəs /
ADJECTIVE
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Audiences have no choice but to exist in the theatrical moment, without recourse to linear logic, sententious language or psychological epiphanies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

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

Sometimes, though, he drifts into a more sententious, editorial register.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 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

Near the beginning of Mr. Conway's small volume entitled "Barons of the Potomack and Rappahannock" occurs the sententious remark that "a true history of tobacco would be the history of English and American Liberty."

From A History of the Republican Party by Platt, George Washington




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