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Wisdom

[ US /ˈwɪzdəm/ ]
[ UK /wˈɪsdəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

How To Use Wisdom In A Sentence

  • Bacon aside, the condensed force and poignant brevity of whose aphoristic wisdom has no parallel in English, there is no other prosaist who possesses anything like Milton's command over the resources of our language. Milton
  • Two bus-rides and a walk in the rain later we found the old dairy farm, muttering under our breaths about the wisdom of locating such an establishment way out in the sticks.
  • Folk wisdom tells of the abundance that follows a freeze. Times, Sunday Times
  • Received entomological wisdom holds that a ‘prudent’ parasite does not kill its host.
  • Politeness is not always the sign of wisdom, but the want of it always leaves room for the suspicion of folly. 
  • The Governing Body, in its wisdom, devolved decision making for the trophy's route to its constituent bodies, the counties.
  • Shakespeare with practical axioms and domestick wisdom. Preface to Shakespeare
  • But wisdom does not automatically accrue to an individual because he or she lived through certain seminal events.
  • They must do the chores of life, must gain in strength and wisdom to cope with the hostile time of manhood.
  • They are the result of centuries of experience and wisdom, tried and tested.
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