Example Sentences
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I sometimes looked in vain for stacks of books along the walls that weren’t didactically aligned with state-ordained, “testable” proficiencies.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2021
Several missteps also hobble the play dramatically and didactically.
From Nature • Jan. 28, 2019
Womack spoke didactically, because the question of legacy has become unusually urgent in pop music, and particularly in hip-hop.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 11, 2018
Autumn examines it aesthetically rather than didactically, through riffs on fairytale and fable, with Daniel showing Elisabeth how to tell “hospitable” stories that welcome in possibility rather than closing down other points of view.
From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016
“It was a common punishment in Imperial China,” said O’Brien as didactically as ever.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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