sagely

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At one point, Mr. Loomis quotes his protagonist sagely predicting, “we’ll have a depression . . . and it will be the end of an era.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Labour has nodded sagely at the urgency of the issue.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

In his research, Shakespeare sagely quotes Fleming’s friend Ernest Cuneo, who saw the genesis of Bond’s womanizing character in Fleming’s ill-fated relationship with Monique.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2024

Then things got hairy and now here they are, sagely describing this process to a dutiful filmmaker.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Kether, who was keen on appropriating that technology, too, said sagely, “If anything’s certain, it’s that nothing’s certain.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor