Example Sentences
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“As a feminist, it’s a way of gently but didactically regendering the idea of a city, since men don’t produce eggs.”
From New York Times
Sanchez makes a decision late in the film that comes almost of out nowhere, until he explains himself, didactically, and then his decision feels forced.
From Salon
Conservative outrage is so threat-oriented and presents information very clearly, very didactically.
From Salon
Several missteps also hobble the play dramatically and didactically.
From Nature
Womack spoke didactically, because the question of legacy has become unusually urgent in pop music, and particularly in hip-hop.
From The New Yorker
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