professorial
Example Sentences
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As Puck’s Leigh Ann Caldwell recently observed, he is seen as quiet and studious in the Senate, someone who rarely attends Washington social functions, who is professorial by nature.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
How he handles the rest of the crisis will have a big impact on how many in Washington perceive the professorial CEO moving forward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
"I don't think he would ever call himself Dr. Seuss had it not been for being at Oxford and having the literary and professorial aspirations when he was there."
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Under the accident-prone and professorial Ishiba, disastrous elections left the LDP short of a majority in both houses of parliament.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
His slightly bucktoothed grin projected an easy self-confidence; the round spectacles he wore from his schooldays gave him a professorial air even then.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
