egghead

Example Sentences

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Many seemed to regard Leibowitz as an interloping egghead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

A professor who refused to be an ivory tower egghead, Brustein didn’t simply respond to the art of his day but helped shape it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2023

Was it a satire of a certain brand of charismatic egghead?

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

Individual investors and savers, however, don’t need some economic egghead to give a recession an official stamp of approval.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2022

Call me an egghead, but that's how I see it.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris