How to Use wise man in a Sentence

wise man

noun

• And the past is not even past, a wise man once declared.
  — John Edgar Wideman, The New Yorker, 8 July 2021
• And as a wise man once said, Don’t stand on the tracks when the train’s coming through.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 13 June 2018
• Come for a reenactment of the story of the three wise men.
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• As a wise man of words once wrote: The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2021
• As of May 2023, though, at least the three wise men of music, Moss, Somer, and Avant, were still around.
  — Nicole Avant, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2023
• As a wise man once said, the best way to criticize a list is to make your own list.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
• But even this grumpy ol' wise man wrestled with his own code.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022
• This is the day that the three wise men arrived to visit the baby Jesus.
  — Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
• In Syria, children wait for presents from the youngest of the three wise men’s camels, not Santa.
  — National Geographic, 23 Dec. 2019
• Because then, as now, this wise man identified the need to move.
  — Kathleen Woodhouse, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• The older wise man is challenging the two younger refs on either side of him.
  — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Two millenniums ago wise men saw a light in the sky, a moving star.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2017
• The problem with the world today is that fools and fanatics are so certain, and wise men are full of doubt.
  — Anna Silman, The Cut, 13 June 2018
• As a wise man recently said, nobody does a comeback like the movies...
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 29 May 2021
• The tale is split across a septet of singers who move in and out of solo, trio (i.e., shepherds and wise men) and ensemble passages.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
• These ancient grudges may appear arcane, but as the wise man knows, after money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
  — Kevin Baker, New Republic, 15 Feb. 2018
• May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2017
• On the eve of Epiphany in Spain, some children leave their shoes on windowsills or balconies or by the front door for the Magi, or wise men, to fill with gifts.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 Dec. 2017
• Liberals want the generals to leak to the press and hint that Trump is a dunce whose blunders force wise men like themselves to clean up the mess.
  — Author: Victor Davis Hanson, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 June 2017
• The wise men of baseball like to say there are only two kinds of baseball players: those who have been humbled and those who are about to be.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• Many Christians observe Epiphany to recall the three wise men who followed a star to find the baby Jesus.
  — NBC News, 6 Jan. 2018
• Not my third eye, because the number 3 is a relic of Christian slavery from the Holy Trinity, the three wise men and the three blind mice.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 12 Jan. 2018
• Starring is a ritual that represents the three wise men following the star -- a star holder will spin the star while the rest of the group sings.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2020
• But there’s no manger, shepherds, wise men or angels; just a chain-link fence surrounding the couple and the newborn.
  — Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 3 July 2018
• As wise men say, your presence itself is present enough on your best friend’s birthday… and maybe the actual presents are enough, too.
  — Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 16 July 2023
• Why does every wise man in the history of cinema or wise woman or sage need to be British?
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 July 2021
• Attendees will travel back in time and meet King Herod, the angels, shepherds, wise men and others who played a role in the first Christmas.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2019
• As a wise man once said, there’s a difference between owning and renting.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
• Your father sounded like a very kind and wise man who taught you some very practical and important life skills and habits.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 June 2021
• The true Stoic—the sage or wise man—is one who holds fast to virtue, having brought his will into harmony with the divine reason that rules all things.
  — Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024