How to Use philosophize in a Sentence

philosophize

verb

• To philosophize, as philosophers have told us, is to learn how to live and how to die.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
• To philosophize is to learn how to die, Montaigne wrote.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 27 Sep. 2021
• Blessed with a sharp mind, Sturgis loved to philosophize.
  — Erin McCarthy, Philly.com, 13 July 2018
• Fortune will be kind to our efforts to philosophize, ideate, and innovate.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 Dec. 2017
• That's just for starters, in a film that weaves together vérité footage with voiceover philosophizing from Sauper himself and clips from an assortment of archive footage.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2020
• The post received dozens of comments, ranging from laments over the fox’s reported demise, to circle-of-life philosophizing to off-topic mentions of a certain game this weekend and where to find the best cheesesteaks.
  — Joseph A. Gambardello, Philly.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• For that matter, neither do most of McCarthy’s previous human victims, who were too busy getting hacked or shot to death to see the darkness coming and philosophize about their condition.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
• On one side are the well-established, tenured professors who have risen to their positions of authority by philosophizing in the standard, armchair mode.
  — Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine, 30 May 2017
• As his characters cogitate and self-medicate, scheme and philosophize, his subject is less the content of their thoughts than the mind contemplating itself.
  — Washington Post, 11 June 2021
• Beyond glib indulgences, these suggestions allow the writer to philosophize on life’s greater meanings.
  — Courtney Tenz, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
• The beginning of the speech sounded like a foreign policy address, with Tillerson philosophizing about the importance of the US maintaining its historic alliances and keeping its adversaries in check.
  — Laura Koran, CNN, 16 May 2018
• In this coming-of-age tale, Mike resides with his mom and moves from job to job, pulling us with him every step, never condescending, sometimes philosophizing and only occasionally preaching.
  — Helene Stapinski, New York Times, 1 June 2018
• These futile attempts to philosophize one’s way into political relevance are a symptom of what happens when a Left retreats from activism and adopts a spectatorial approach to the problems of its country.
  — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 6 July 2017
• Still, Sartre’s inclination to philosophize skiing is deeply charming.
  — Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022
• Sylvia was a lifelong learner who was inquisitive, philosophizing about life and engaging in political topics.
  — courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 11 Sep 2024