philosophize
Example Sentences
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After Hal and Josie’s meet-cute, they see sights blandly, philosophize blandly, blandly tiptoe around the notion of romance, and criticize each other — yes, blandly, but with an occasional touch of “salty” language.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022
His writing, she added, made people “free to philosophize in a way that, to paraphrase Mills’ first intellectual hero Marx, seeks not merely to describe the world, but to transform it.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021
Socrates loved to stroll and philosophize, and Aristotle taught his classes while he walked up and down the walkways of the Lyceum.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2021
The stories wander from place to place, as each character gets a chance to opine, philosophize or justify their vices.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2018
Why in the world would she philosophize about the finish line?
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.