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
  • An omniscient hero could quickly sap the show of suspense.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • Neither was an omniscient observer of the mind or actions of the other.
    Roy Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
  • The story of your life doesn’t come with an omniscient narrator.
    New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • But be sure to use your newfound omniscient powers wisely.
    Robin Tribble, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Cummings isn’t the omniscient ubermensch that some of the Tory spin is making him out to be.
    Washington Post, 12 Sep. 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
  • Carrère would largely junk the idea of a smoothly omniscient, Capote-like voice.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • But no one in politics is omniscient, despite the tenor of TV talk shows.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Gilbert, omniscient, happily flings the reader decades into the past.
    Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And the transient nature of her young life granted her an almost omniscient perspective.
    New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Even trans people — the omniscient oracles for the social-justice left — can’t toe the line.
    Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 29 June 2018
  • But no single one of these machines, when used in isolation, is omniscient.
    Arthur Holland Michel, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • Their most striking quality is the lack of omniscient commentary.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
  • Life doesn’t come with an omniscient narrator who can give us simple reasons for either.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • If the boss doesn’t pretend to be omniscient and omnipotent, relationships with the staff will be more productive.
    Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • As the world confronts the outbreak of coronavirus, many have lauded AI as our omniscient secret weapon.
    Alex Engler, Wired, 26 Apr. 2020
  • Musa, a Scotch-drinking Muslim, views the deity as omniscient.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Our omniscient president is overtly choosing to practice his art of deception on himself rather than us.
    Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 21 May 2020
  • 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
  • Kaepernick steps into the role of omniscient narrator in voiceovers that start out shouty and stilted but smooths out by the end of the limited series’ six half-hour installments.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Usually, a show centered on spies and spycraft makes the hero a superhero working for an omniscient network of cloak-and-dagger types.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Wharton wrote her novel in an omniscient style that reveals the inner thoughts and confusions of multiple characters.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 16 Apr. 2018

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