erudite

Example Sentences

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Although his public persona was quite vivid—convivial, erudite but unpretentious, articulate, and unfailingly charming—he did not imbue his buildings with a distinctive graphic sensibility.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who was appointed archbishop of New York and nominated as a cardinal by Benedict, praised the pope emeritus as a “erudite, wise, and holy man, who spoke the truth with love.”

From Seattle Times

The stuff that made me feel unworthy of being an erudite New York playwright.

From Los Angeles Times

It also gives occasion to consider Cavett’s role in TV culture as an erudite, risk-taking and durable presence whose guests came on to engage in thoroughgoing, often contentious discussion with a dash of witty repartee.

From New York Times

Andrea Stevens, a “meticulous, erudite, merciless” former longtime editor for The Times, died last week.

From New York Times