literati

Example Sentences

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These days, the online literati despises Shriver as a matter of principle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

In the world of literature, for example, authors who are “othered” outside of the elite literati typically are boxed into othering themselves just to parlay their creativity into a career.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Alert the literati — Susan Sontag is getting a biopic and Kristen Stewart is set to play the late writer-provocateur.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

The subjects included poor children, literati, movie stars and more, captured with an engaged and searching eye.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

It was looked for by the foolish people with some impatience and the mob of literati are beginning already to be very loud in its praises.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain