wordsmith

Example Sentences

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Liebling didn’t profess to be the best wordsmith who ever lived, but he did say that he could write faster than anyone who could write better.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

As with Maggie O’Farrell’s original novel, “Hamnet” soft-pedals the reveal that Mescal’s pasty, ordinary-seeming father of three is the greatest wordsmith in English literature.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Until recently considered a sign of carelessness or even stupidity, the error is now seen by some to be the indelible fingerprint of a human wordsmith.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

That is according to responses to a tongue-in-cheek tweet from Countdown wordsmith and lexicographer Susie Dent.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

April tells me you’re a wordsmith or something.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander