professorial

Example Sentences

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"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

On TV, at town halls and universities, the bespectacled officer, with close-cropped gray hair and an almost professorial demeanor, lays out the stakes for his countrymen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 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

Freed to make his own movies, he still comes across a tad professorial.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

“Ease up, baby. You’re getting all professorial on us again.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein