literati

Example Sentences

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These days, the online literati despises Shriver as a matter of principle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

The floating ships in the fantasy role-playing game Honkai: Star Rail are populated with traders, gourmets and literati who surf their texts on jade abacuses.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2023

In the world of literature, for example, authors who are “othered” outside of the elite literati typically are boxed into othering themselves just to parlay their creativity into a career.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Unlike, for example, the 1983 list, which now looks like a defining picture of the London literati, the judges believe the 2023 list is more representative of British society as a whole.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

He became a distinguished scholar and became noted among the literati of the day.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.