well-read

Example Sentences

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Bailey chalks this hesitancy up to education, but Motta says it’s not just that, noting that many pet parents today are well-read.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Whitney books, and he was very well-read about the perils of Whitney.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Any well-read person is likely to consider the rise of the modern nation-state to be a distinctly mixed bag, as the history of the last two or three centuries has demonstrated.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

But there's not much about how well-read he was, or what his songs were about.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

The Horner girls were clever young women, well-read and educated, with promising intellectual futures.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman