Examples of man of letters in a Sentence
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This is a pretty good clue that the apartment was designed for a man of letters.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 May 2025
Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Prestigious man of letters Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) spills down the snowy front steps at the home of a small-town family, the Stanleys — where he's planned a promo dinner in Mesalia, Ohio, right around the holidays.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Conquest, the historian and man of letters, was an expert on Ukraine, and Russia.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
His three senior editors vie clumsily for the throne, distracting and neutralizing one another as only men of letters can.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
An eccentric man of letters, Mr. Gottlieb bore an uncanny resemblance to Woody Allen.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
Cerebral men of letters often make unrewarding screen protagonists, spending too much time in their own heads to fully engage as characters.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 May 2025
Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Prestigious man of letters Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) spills down the snowy front steps at the home of a small-town family, the Stanleys — where he's planned a promo dinner in Mesalia, Ohio, right around the holidays.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Conquest, the historian and man of letters, was an expert on Ukraine, and Russia.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
His three senior editors vie clumsily for the throne, distracting and neutralizing one another as only men of letters can.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
An eccentric man of letters, Mr. Gottlieb bore an uncanny resemblance to Woody Allen.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
Cerebral men of letters often make unrewarding screen protagonists, spending too much time in their own heads to fully engage as characters.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Man of letters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man%20of%20letters. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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