sententious
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It’s clearly vying to be shelved alongside the sententious Stoic self-help books that have become trendy among seekers of meme-able ancient wisdom in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Yet “sandblasted” is not a satire of Oprah or Oprah-ism; especially as played by the former newscaster and talk show host Rolonda Watts, Adah is at least as warm as she is sententious.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2022
Sometimes, though, he drifts into a more sententious, editorial register.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022
There’s a similar try-hard-ness about “The Power of Prayer,” another song about the spiritual significance of music that I find more sententious than moving.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2020
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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