Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissert
Verb
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The ideological conflict dividing the two sides is expounded explicitly and depicted clearly in action.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025 -
Ronnie stayed in his seat, expounding on how great his idea was.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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The sermonizing lands hardest near the beginning and end of Life of Pi, where director Max Webster lets things get a little slack and starry-eyed.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2023
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Raised in the segregated south, he was steeped in the tradition of Confederate preachers who sermonized to their flocks in the CSA on the holiness of white supremacy and characterized the Christian god as inherently racist.—
Jared Yates Sexton,
The New Republic,
25 Mar. 2020
Verb
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Trump reportedly pontificated about striking fentanyl labs inside Mexico during his first term.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Stearns didn’t even pontificate, between a healthy start by Max Scherzer and a healthy start by Jacob deGrom, about tenths of a percent of World Series odds in 2026 like Billy Eppler did in 2022.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
31 July 2024
Verb
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Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2023
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Not everyone can soliloquize like Gaga.—
Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
6 Sep. 2022
Verb
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After her, Lily recites all the things his mother had promised to teach her: to speak Russian, to make dumplings, to grow vegetables.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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As the father-daughter duo sat together in a chair, Carmen recited various words to her dad, who then had to try to define them.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Dissert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissert. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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