gnomic

Example Sentences

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In a gnomic Jan. 31, 2023, post he urged his followers to “SELL.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The movie does signal its darkly comedic aims from the moment we first see the actor’s gnomic man-child frown, which by now is a ready signifier of emotional and psychological deficiency.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

But a year of seismic shifts - sometimes heralded via gnomic regulatory comments in state media or a confusing melange of leaks - makes it front of mind.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2021

Less successful is Mark Rylance as a strange tech titan named Peter Isherwell, an eminence grise of prominent white teeth, Julian Assange-like hair and irritatingly gnomic pronouncements.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

I wasn’t sure what to make of this gnomic utterance.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann