Example Sentences

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A precocious scholar and the editor of Lewis and Clark’s journals, Biddle might be America’s best-read central banker, though his bookishness cut no mustard with Andrew Jackson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

On the other side of that “Mark Twain” quote, Island Books’ blue-carpeted interior conveys immediate bookishness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

What Elvis and Maite have in common—even if, for most of the novel, neither realizes it—is bookishness and, especially, their taste in music.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2021

While the comedian's bookishness is well-known to longtime fans, in person it is even more pronounced.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2018

Barack’s dedication to reading had brought out a new bookishness in me.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama