cogency

Example Sentences

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The play echoes this ever-important sentiment but with far less cogency on an American stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

Tall, handsome and with a roguish charm, Bo seemed to enjoy the challenge, answering questions with wit and cogency.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022

Her book has very little celebration in it, but it is a triumphant document of her refusal to be unseen, her ongoing dedication to cogency.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

As a result, White argues with cogency and passion, Hitchcock still “speaks with urgency to today’s audiences.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2021

Has not Emerson, among many others, declared with a cogency and a depth of meaning which quite defy the superficiality and levity attractive to a few, that mere consistency is narrow and confining?

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.