Example sentences for: esoteric

How can you use “esoteric” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Output per worker hour may seem slightly esoteric, but in fact it's the ideal measure of productivity because it makes explicit the heart of all economic growth: the conversion of time, through labor, into value.

  • When Licklider arrived, his agency specialized in the sort of esoteric Department of Defense research that could only be called "asinine" (his word, in fact).

  • The selection of 1200 entries for inclusion seems a bit esoteric, but the general structure of the work--entry word, part of speech, definition, citation(s), and, in many cases, an explanatory comment on the origin of the term, its etymology, and other information--is straightforward.

  • Now, three decades later, the Republicans extract (esoteric) revenge with The Threat for the spot that has rankled them for years.

  • Thirty years later Kukai, the revered founder of esoteric Shingon Buddhism, was appointed head abbot.


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