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Example sentences for: shavian

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This idea is probably more Shavian (or Ibsenite) than Wildean, but the larger point is clear: that Wilde was more concerned with exploding the notion of an "ideal" person than with punishing Chiltern's sin, and in showing that part of becoming human is learning to forgive others' lapses.
Though his wit is not of Shavian sharpness, his plays are in another sense more sophisticated.
Waxy, lean, and lupine in his black Zegna suits, he sports what appear to be false front choppers, and masticates his dumb, satanic monologues with Shavian relish.
The preface begins with this characteristically Shavian sentence: “This book by Professor Wilson is one in which I should like everyone to be examined before certified as educated or eligible for the franchise or for any scientific, religious, legal, or civil employment.”