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Example sentences for: sententious

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

I certainly haven't seen much recently of the prestige media's dreadfully sententious hand-wringing along the lines of "Should we be dignifying with our attention these allegations about presidential fondling, as detailed in the following 62-page special report (and make sure not to miss the amazing revelations from the alleged victim's college roommate about her attitudes toward oral sex!)
The title is taken from one of Sir Francis Bacon's sententious essays one read as a schoolboy.
This is a place where everyone just hangs out, from students conversing in sententious tones, to punks in leather, and professionals in well-pressed suits.