Example Sentences

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What a juggins you were to give it him,” supplemented the other, sapiently.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

Oh, of course," said number two, as sapiently as ever, "I didn't recognize him for a moment.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton

They start up, and sally forwards; chaunting, midst the deserted streets, and with eyes turned sapiently towards the moon, "Long life to the King of Book-Collectors, Harley, Earl of Oxford!"

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

It was evidently Lucretia's own bedroom; "part of the decoy," said I to myself sapiently.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant

“Why,” he sapiently remarked, “it would have stung him to death at once.”

From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)