bookish
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Bookish and shy, Benedict withdrew to a life of study and prayer “hidden from the world” after announcing in February 2013 that he would step down from the throne of St. Peter.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2022
Bookish by nature, Thomson and Wiley have buried their noses in research to pull together a menu that bows in the direction of China.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2019
Bookish Belle is widely perceived to be the ’90s Disney renaissance’s most forward-thinking role model.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2018
Bookish, though not without a touch of the trader’s swagger, Mr. Broeksmit was also a man of loyalties, always quick to share the burdens of a friend in need.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016
This Erasmus was, I conjecture, a kind of Schoolmaster, and very learned; but conceited, as are most Bookish Persons.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
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I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944
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