How to Use philosophical in a Sentence

philosophical

adjective
  • 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
  • Like their coach, the Woodridge athletes were philosophical when asked about the mishap.
    — Joe Magill, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • And that in turn brings up the deep philosophical question of squirrels.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2021
  • 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 two of them form a bond of sorts and have philosophical conversations about life.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The city’s approval marked the beginning of the philosophical shift.
    — New York Times, 24 July 2021
  • 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
  • Then there are the philosophical issues, which are even harder to parse.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
  • Many of the changes have been philosophical and are difficult to measure.
    — Jamiles Lartey, NBC News, 6 July 2022
  • Being a small, lean non-profit felt right in a philosophical sort of way: bringing in the money to the work rather than doing the work to bring in the money.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 July 2021
  • 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
  • When asked about their divergent paths over the past few years, Swiatek was philosophical.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Beneath the plot of Loki is a great big philosophical debate over free will.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 14 July 2021
  • The nose tackle, in part, was a casualty of the philosophical shift taking place on the defensive side of the ball.
    — Dallas News, 11 May 2021
  • 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
  • Then the third lane is the philosophical and ideological side of things.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 May 2025
  • Wandel wants her audience to weigh the philosophical aspects of the situation, revealing the behind-the-scenes power struggles and split-second decisions that complicate Lucy and her superiors’ ability to spare Adam.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 May 2025

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