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sententious

[sen-ten-shuhs] / sɛnˈtɛn ʃəs /
ADJECTIVE
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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

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

Beaumont and Fletcher had no desire to make their style sententious, weighty, and philosophical.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.




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