sententiousness
- a word derived from sententious.
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
At the same time, its drawbacks are also plain, among them obscurity, lack of momentum and sententiousness.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2020
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
