Example Sentences

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The White House, in response to those remarks, said Madden should “stick to pontificating about pump-and-dump fraud schemes instead of international trade,” as MarketWatch reported last year.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

Your special opens with you pontificating on how much you love the pageantry of American stand-up specials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

He’s talking to a group of students at a historically Black college, not pontificating to the camera or charming potential investors.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024

When he left the Pentagon, he dedicated himself to pontificating on the abundant sins of the Defense Department — and he was mostly right.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

“After all of your pontificating about the contortionist?”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern