wisdom - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • hindsight: Now, in the wisdom of hindsight it's easy to look back and point a finger of blame, but at whom?
  • Egyptian: If Moses had depended only upon the wisdom of the Egyptians, he would have produced a rather clumsy account of Creation.

Converse of object

  • impart: Recent Comments MelandSimon is yet to impart any wisdom unto the gathered masses.
  • accumulate: The accumulated wisdom of parents, gained over many years, is completely overlooked.
  • despise: The consequence of fools despising wisdom and discipline has been great on their own lives, schools, society and family life.
  • dispense: There is a divine element to it whereby God will dispense wisdom to those who diligently seek it.
  • perceive: However, in so doing, Lord Goff may have introduced a high degree of uncertainty to the previously perceived wisdom on false imprisonment.
  • receive: She's renowned for leaving no received wisdom untested.

Adjective modifier

  • conventional: Hit with an conventional wisdom you'd states provides insurance the first major.
  • worldly: Whether you're studying for a masters, PGCE od PhD, how about sharing some of your worldly wisdom with the JCR.
  • infinite: A person who is lit from within, reflecting the natural worlds ' own luminous, infinite wisdom.
  • accepted: However, recent research has thrown doubt on this accepted wisdom.
  • divine: We need to ponder the divine wisdom in this.
  • prevailing: The Treasury book ignores critiques of the prevailing wisdom.

Modifies a noun

  • saying: But Middle Eastern society ( as we have noted ) preserves orally thousands of such wisdom sayings.
  • literature: There is a degree of resonance with some of the wisdom literature in Proverbs.

Noun used with modifier

  • rmis: The employer can extension of the underwriters rmis wisdom the problem of.
  • underwriter: The employer can extension of the underwriters rmis wisdom the problem of.
  • folk: Sudden and rapid death during psychological stress: Folklore or folk wisdom?

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