sagely
Example Sentences
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Murakami gestures to the walls before him, nodding his head sagely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
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
Then things got hairy and now here they are, sagely describing this process to a dutiful filmmaker.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
“It is for howling, though,” said Beowulf sagely.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
