How to Use sagely in a Sentence

sagely

adverb

• Murakami gestures to the walls before him, nodding his head sagely.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
• At that point, my flight home to Atlanta was still listed on time, but my rideshare driver sagely warned that flights would probably be grounded.
  — Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
• Although the depth of these sagely texts is unfathomable, the Taoist thoughts from the past help people appreciate the interplay of everything and nothing.
  — Jianqing Chen, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
• Once, on a flight to the city during a blustery February, the woman across from me recited the Rosary from takeoff to landing, pausing only to buy a scratch card from the flight attendant, nodding sagely when the purchase proved to be a dud.
  — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2019
• That film sagely tapped into feelings in motherhood often forbidden from discussion, finding a potent gender-political message without saying it crassly, or explicitly, or expressly at all.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
• And as Johnny Cage sagely observes at one point, these days moviegoers are more interested in watching Keanu Reeves’ John Wick mow down 500 opponents while armed with little more than a pencil.
  — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026