How to Use erudition in a Sentence
erudition
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The playful title, taken from a Prince lyric, is matched by the wit and erudition in the essays.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
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So much for erudition when a 73-year-old artist asks himself the big question.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 July 2022
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But his erudition and affection for the city shine through.
—Washington Post, 30 July 2019
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David Ogden Stiers didn’t really speak with the stuffy erudition of Maj.
—Michael Ordoña, latimes.com, 10 June 2019
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These movies are a showcase for Steve’s attempts at erudition.
—Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 20 May 2020
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While for many years the chief rabbi of England, his wit and erudition gave his ideas wide purchase beyond just the confines of the Jewish world.
—Tevi Troy, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2020
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Throughout the novel, in fact, adults use their great erudition for the purpose of childlike gushing.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2019
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The downstairs bar is divey-cool with touches of erudition.
—Travis Deshong, Washington Post, 8 July 2019
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Crudeness wraps itself in erudition like two kids in a trenchcoat.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2023
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Here we’re treated to a different life of the mind; Moss roams freely through their consciousnesses but meets little in the way of erudition.
—Lucy Scholes, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2021
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Mokyr knows Asian history, and shows, in a truly humbling display of erudition, that in China the minds evolved but not the makers.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
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Harold Bloom was one of the leading critics of his generation, and there is no question about his erudition.
—Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
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There also seemed to be a terrible sadness behind the satire and erudition.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
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Johannes writes letters on her behalf, but his erudition may work against her.
—Dan Cryer, Star Tribune, 4 June 2021
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A former Jesuit priest who left the order to marry and have children, McGirr is a man of letters who has a wild and woolly way with his erudition.
—Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2017
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An artistic savant of wide erudition, Terry had written reviews and other pieces for our books and arts pages as long ago as 1987.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
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The best central bankers strive, with all the benefit of their erudition and experience, to be as boring as machines anyway.
—The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
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Ferrante writes with sparkling erudition about everyday struggles — to be a woman, to be poor, to yearn for someone who yearns for another.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 Nov. 2019
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Both assembled courts where erudition and good taste mattered.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2020
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With skill and erudition, Rosefeldt’s film surveys the aftermath.
—Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 24 May 2017
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Anybody who drops a little erudition into the boiling pot of comment stew naturally gets a leg up.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 8 Sep. 2017
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On the page, her fabulous erudition was melded to a frankness that was so unaffected as to seem effortless.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2024
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The paintings were crassly commercial, as opposed to, say, works by scholar artists expressing erudition, wit and veiled...
—Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 30 June 2017
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As played by Leo Marks, Dr. Miller is figure of preternatural erudition, wit and compassion.
—Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
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For 60 years, Scully commanded the classroom and the world of architectural criticism with erudition and élan.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Jan. 2018
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This focused study showcases the erudition of one of our most eminent Shakespeare scholars.
—New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
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Since then, the eminent vocalist has been recognized well beyond the Bay Area for the conviction, erudition and elegance of her work.
—Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2019
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He was ordained a priest in 1951, earned a doctorate from the University of Munich two years later and gained a reputation for deep erudition.
—Henry Chudeputy News Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022
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Their characters are both pompous, which gives the actors countless opportunities to display absurd erudition and flagrant self-regard — and make fun of them at the same time.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
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Here, Didi and Gogo have none of that potentially distancing — or self-shielding — erudition.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
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