aphoristic

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Similarly, the cast wrings some poetry out of the prosaic, often aphoristic dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Kate Riley follows Ruth from childhood to middle age, writing with kindness, hilarity and aphoristic brilliance about this eccentric woman, a lost lamb who never actually leaves the safety of the flock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

At Bridgewater Hall, Selaocoe channeled this history through aphoristic pronouncements, telling the audience: “The future is in the past.”

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

Then she’d give me some sage, aphoristic advice.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

His most eminent scholars were Pabst, doctor of medicine in Vienna, who gave clear expositions of his master's dark and aphoristic sayings, and Veith, who popularized his teachings in sermons and practical treatises.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.