wordsmith
Example Sentences
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Lorenz Hart was a great American wordsmith, and a great American catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Until recently considered a sign of carelessness or even stupidity, the error is now seen by some to be the indelible fingerprint of a human wordsmith.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025
As a White House wordsmith during the final gloomy days of the Watergate scandal in 1974, young Khachigian wrote Nixon a memo “futilely pleading that he reject resignation,” he writes in the book.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2024
That is according to responses to a tongue-in-cheek tweet from Countdown wordsmith and lexicographer Susie Dent.
From BBC • May 18, 2023
April tells me you’re a wordsmith or something.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.