Example Sentences

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How he handles the rest of the crisis will have a big impact on how many in Washington perceive the professorial CEO moving forward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"I don't think he would ever call himself Dr. Seuss had it not been for being at Oxford and having the literary and professorial aspirations when he was there."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Under the accident-prone and professorial Ishiba, disastrous elections left the LDP short of a majority in both houses of parliament.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Known for his near-falsetto high voice and contrarian fondness for professorial suits onstage, Thomas cut as distinct a figure onstage as his music did on record.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

They were antique steel full moons, and when he put them on he invariably underwent a quiet transformation, becoming suddenly professorial, handsome in the way that some outdoorsmen are yet scholarly at the same time.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson