How to Use philosophical in a Sentence

philosophical

adjective
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  • He's trying to be philosophical about their decision since he knows he can't change it.
  • Ivan Perez, 53, is philosophical about what caused his life to go off the rails.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • And at the core of this is a philosophical disagreement that hasn’t gone away.
    — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And the way it self-corrects is by rule changes and philosophical changes.
    — Faith Salie, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Ann Dowd has also joined the cast as The Prophet, the philosophical guide for the resistance.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 July 2024
  • Those are some of the broader philosophical questions that the book starts to explore.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Dutcher was philosophical about what may or may not lie ahead for his team that has lost two straight for the first time in 64 games.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Chance is philosophical when asked if his 3-year-old son may one day run the business.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2022
  • When that is the philosophical approach of the head coach, that starters are involved from Day 1, that gets across the sense of urgency.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In her place was the fun aunt who laughed, talked about hip-hop, and waxed philosophical about space and a future unburdened by the past.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 July 2024
  • The dispute is, in some ways, a philosophical question about fair pay among the workforce.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2022
  • As for not being able to complete the deal, Cowens is philosophical.
    — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Many of the changes have been philosophical and are difficult to measure.
    — Jamiles Lartey, NBC News, 6 July 2022
  • McCoy, who started all this in the first place, is more philosophical about the future of his creation.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The move to excise those planks from the platform is both pragmatic and philosophical.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
  • This philosophical novel consists of the diary entries of a woman for whom the days have ceased to pass.
    — The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • As to the debates that have swirled around her relationships with Steve and Che on the show, Nixon is equally philosophical.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Part of him wanted to make a clean, philosophical break and throw out the pocket concepts the linemen had been working under.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Artem was more direct, always in a rush, while Dmytro and Roman were more philosophical.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • With an open mind, Kestner embarks on a philosophical voyage around the world to look for answers to his questions.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Dowd will be the voice of the Prophet, who is the philosophical guide for the human resistance in the future, acting as a light that shepherds survivors in the darkness of the unknown the lies ahead.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 June 2024
  • Most older folks are more philosophical about life and death than younger people.
    — WSJ, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The resulting tone is philosophical with a hint of the curmudgeon.
    — Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
  • They were found to contain philosophical texts written in Greek.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • This should be accompanied by a philosophical smile and a shrug.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • And this prompted my thoughts to take a fleeting philosophical detour.
    — Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • Others take a more philosophical approach to the color of Jesus.
    — John Blake, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • That’s likely less of a philosophical shift than a practical one.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The Annunciation occurs when the angel Gabriel (Philippe Lacoste) flies in on a jet plane, and the young couple’s romance becomes a philosophical discussion about trust, desire, restraint, and faith.
    — Armond White, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
  • However, the beings were unable to comprehend human emotions like love, adding a philosophical layer to the narrative.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2024

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