Definition of SOPHISTICATE

Examples of sophisticate in a Sentence

Verb

there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity vanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup

Noun

sophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

In terms of hair, Turner opted to wear it down in loose waves with a middle part — simple, sweet, and sophisticated all at once. — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, "Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas Just Shared Their First Wedding Photos," 5 July 2019 Purdue and the family’s sophisticated, multibillion-dollar investment operations have been under increasing scrutiny as lawsuits mount. — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, "At Purdue Pharma, Business Slumps as Opioid Lawsuits Mount," 30 June 2019 As a younger woman in the ’50s and ’60s making films like Le Bonheur and La Pointe Courte, she was poised and sophisticated yet playful, wearing feather trim, layered necklaces, and graphic prints. — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, "With Her Rebellious Fashion Sense, Agnès Varda Was One for the Ages," 29 Mar. 2019 Which is to the benefit of anyone who values music at once sophisticated in content but accessible in musical gesture. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "From Bernstein to Broadway to Latin jazz," 12 July 2018 But in fact, sophisticated, back-and-forth conversations are happening all around us. — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, "Some Animals Take Turns While Talking, Just Like Humans. Why?," 20 June 2018 Neither do sophisticated, authenticity-craving Parisians who choose Arles for their southern pied-à-terre. — Stephen Heyman, Condé Nast Traveler, "Arles, France’s Old Arts Mecca, Is Also Its Newest," 1 May 2018 The process can be a financially and administratively painful one, but the IRS is supposed to have sophisticated computer systems that can process millions of last-minute filers. — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, "IRS to delay tax deadline by one day after agency's Tax Day technology collapse," 17 Apr. 2018 The process can be a financially and administratively painful one, but the IRS is supposed to have sophisticated computer systems that can process millions of last-minute filers. — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, "IRS extends tax-filing deadline after computer glitch," 17 Apr. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Outside the cities, people feel as if they are sneered at by greedy, self-serving urban sophisticates. — The Economist, "The global crisis in conservatism," 4 July 2019 The government’s apologists have been deriding them as out-of-touch sophisticates. — The Economist, "Kazakhstan’s choreographed election goes off-script," 15 June 2019 Urbanites defined themselves as forward-looking sophisticates who sneered at yokels in backwaters; cosmopolitanism faced off against parochialism. — Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, "America’s Original Identity Politics," 7 Feb. 2019 Sydney There’s nothing like a shock election result to force media sophisticates to eat their words. — Tom Switzer, WSJ, "Australia’s Left Loses an Election It Was Sure to Win," 19 May 2019 Political analysts in the media have access to the same voter data studied by Ms. Currid-Halkett, so why does the simplistic stereotype of left-behind rural rubes battling affluent urban sophisticates prevail? — WSJ, "‘Divided America’ Myth Strokes Elite Egos," 1 Jan. 2019 Yeun plays Ben, the sophisticate who dates Hae-mi and accepts Jong-su as a compatriot and confident. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, "Steven Yeun on Burning, The Walking Dead, and changing roles for Asian-Americans," 4 Nov. 2018 Third, everyone looked terribly grown-up, from Natalie Portman in Christian Dior couture to Cardi B, all slick sophisticate, in Tom Ford. — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, "10 Best Dressed: Week of September 10, 2018," 10 Sep. 2018 But even 21st century sophisticates will gape at Houdini’s escapes, some of which were extraordinarily dangerous. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "Behind the magic of Harry Houdini at the Jewish Museum of Maryland," 29 June 2018

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