sententious

Example Sentences

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Audiences have no choice but to exist in the theatrical moment, without recourse to linear logic, sententious language or psychological epiphanies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

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

This is the foggy lens through which our most sententious pundits are—week after week—doggedly committed to viewing the state of American society.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2018

A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah