sophomoric
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William H. Herndon, Lincoln’s future law partner and biographer, said “it was highly sophomoric in character and abounded in striking and lofty metaphor . . . the thing people expect from a young man.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
If that sounds sophomoric, it’s only because it is.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
Released in 1992, “Stick Around for Joy” became the Sugarcubes’ third and final album, and it had given me “Hit,” a melodramatic song perfect for channeling my sophomoric woes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
The episodes highlight some seriously twisted creativity packed with adult humor, sci-fi-inspired sophomoric shenanigans and homages to popular culture.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Men whose early culture was deficient are far more apt to be permanently sophomoric than those who lived through the sophomore at the proper time and place.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various
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