sagely
Example Sentences
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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.”
Commentators spoke sagely about the inevitability of globalization: Trade would not just make economies interdependent, it would knit societies together.
From Washington Post
Kozinn and Sinclair sagely begin their book with an epigraph in which McCartney himself gets to the heart of the matter.
From Salon
One spectator, from Sierra Madre, said sagely, “I’m surprised Pasadena allowed it, and it’s great they did. I figured anything this fun they wouldn’t let happen.”
From Los Angeles Times
Indeed, the film only identifies him as much as it has to, sagely way of keeping the focus on the people whose lives he took and changed.
From Salon
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