aphoristic
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Similarly, the cast wrings some poetry out of the prosaic, often aphoristic dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Kate Riley follows Ruth from childhood to middle age, writing with kindness, hilarity and aphoristic brilliance about this eccentric woman, a lost lamb who never actually leaves the safety of the flock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
The report here acquires an aphoristic quality: “Ms. Bennett expressed fear of what would happen if the Governor knew she had told anyone. Ms. DesRosiers and Ms. Mogul found Ms. Bennett to be credible.”
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2021
It’s a remarkably extended fusillade of aphoristic provocation and insight, inspired in part by the death of his son.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
His aphoristic sayings are the least important part of him, but here are one or two examples:— "Eminent posts make great men greater, and little men less."
From Studies in Literature by Morley, John
