How to Use erudition in a Sentence

erudition

noun

• 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
• So much for erudition when a 73-year-old artist asks himself the big question.
  — Armond White, National Review, 15 July 2022
• But his erudition and affection for the city shine through.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2019
• David Ogden Stiers didn’t really speak with the stuffy erudition of Maj.
  — Michael Ordoña, latimes.com, 10 June 2019
• These movies are a showcase for Steve’s attempts at erudition.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 20 May 2020
• 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
• Throughout the novel, in fact, adults use their great erudition for the purpose of childlike gushing.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2019
• The downstairs bar is divey-cool with touches of erudition.
  — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, 8 July 2019
• Crudeness wraps itself in erudition like two kids in a trenchcoat.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Harold Bloom was one of the leading critics of his generation, and there is no question about his erudition.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
• There also seemed to be a terrible sadness behind the satire and erudition.
  — Christopher Tayler, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• Johannes writes letters on her behalf, but his erudition may work against her.
  — Dan Cryer, Star Tribune, 4 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Both assembled courts where erudition and good taste mattered.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2020
• With skill and erudition, Rosefeldt’s film surveys the aftermath.
  — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 24 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• The paintings were crassly commercial, as opposed to, say, works by scholar artists expressing erudition, wit and veiled...
  — Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 30 June 2017
• As played by Leo Marks, Dr. Miller is figure of preternatural erudition, wit and compassion.
  — Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
• 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
• This focused study showcases the erudition of one of our most eminent Shakespeare scholars.
  — New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Here, Didi and Gogo have none of that potentially distancing — or self-shielding — erudition.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024