How to Use omniscient in a Sentence

omniscient

adjective

• The omniscient space pebbles have not made that part clear to me.
  — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 Dec. 2016
• Breaking the fourth wall [and] voice-over that shifts from first-person to omniscient was just part of the DNA of it.
  — Matt Brennan, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
• The film opens four years after Nike went public, a move that puts Phil at the behest of an omniscient board.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2023
• As the burning tree torched the beloved landmark, an omniscient webcam streamed live footage of the vandals in the act.
  — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
• An omniscient hero could quickly sap the show of suspense.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2017
• But no one in politics is omniscient, despite the tenor of TV talk shows.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
• Cummings isn’t the omniscient ubermensch that some of the Tory spin is making him out to be.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
• Carrère would largely junk the idea of a smoothly omniscient, Capote-like voice.
  — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• With the baby as his main accessory, Styles kept the rest of the look low-key, as an omniscient father would.
  — Christine Flammia, Esquire, 27 Feb. 2018
• The story of your life doesn’t come with an omniscient narrator.
  — New York Times, 19 June 2018
• Even trans people — the omniscient oracles for the social-justice left — can’t toe the line.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 29 June 2018
• Gabriel is not a first-person narrator; the story of what Gabriel sees, does and feels is told by the omniscient author, Joyce.
  — Michael Carey, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2017
• Neither was an omniscient observer of the mind or actions of the other.
  — Roy Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
• Plus, with the lack of her usual omniscient narration throughout most of the episode, fans are starting to wonder: did Rue just die?
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2022
• Musa, a Scotch-drinking Muslim, views the deity as omniscient.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
• The cast is entirely new, except for the voice of the omniscient Gossip Girl, which will be provided once again by Kristen Bell.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• As the world confronts the outbreak of coronavirus, many have lauded AI as our omniscient secret weapon.
  — Alex Engler, Wired, 26 Apr. 2020
• As Carll sees it, even the creator is shaking an omniscient head at what’s happening here on Earth.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
• Baldwin’s husky purr of a voice sets the table for the events of the film, before settling back to pop in every now and then with an omniscient insight or unspoken truth.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
• Gilbert, omniscient, happily flings the reader decades into the past.
  — Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2022
• But no single one of these machines, when used in isolation, is omniscient.
  — Arthur Holland Michel, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
• But the reviewer suggested that Mr. Bell may have been guilty of overkill in portraying his hero as omniscient.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• But be sure to use your newfound omniscient powers wisely.
  — Robin Tribble, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
• But remember, the Captain is the narrator here, as both an overt and omniscient figure.
  — Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024
• The plot thread comes off like something out of The X-Files or Fringe, complete with an omniscient nameless envoy for inscrutable higher powers.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 18 June 2020
• Thankfully, Campos got a little help from the author of the crime novel himself; Pollock signed on to lend his voice to the project as the film's omniscient narrator.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2020
• The book bounces back and forth between an omniscient narrator and a first-person perspective.
  — Theara Coleman, theweek, 5 June 2024
• It was narrated by the actress Brie Larson, embodying the role of an omniscient mushroom.
  — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2021
• And the transient nature of her young life granted her an almost omniscient perspective.
  — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
• The dead can also serve as an excellent omniscient narrator, seeing all.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024