Example Sentences

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Patrena Murray so emphasizes Benjamin Franklin’s winky sententiousness that he seems like a joke, not a brilliant tactician.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

By contrast, in “The Black Stone,” Howard deftly pastiches the antiquarian sententiousness of his pen pal H.P.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2021

A marvel of steady and dispassionate self-revelation, Diski’s cancer essays are bracingly devoid of sententiousness, sentimentality or any kind of spiritual urge or twitch.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2015

His solemnity and sententiousness are much better, much funnier, coming from someone so "young".

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

Mr. Ludsbury emitted a single chuckle from deep in his throat, then his face turned brick red momentarily and he assumed his customary sententiousness.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles