How to Use encyclopedic in a Sentence

encyclopedic

adjective
  • The event was described in encyclopedic detail.
  • She published an encyclopedic study of ancient Egypt.
  • Her encyclopedic array of salsas — served in flights — are as much of a draw as the signature tacos.
    — Abbie Kozolchyk, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Sound mapping is when someone goes to a place and documents the sound in a very true-to-life, encyclopedic way.
    — Angela Chen, The Verge, 20 May 2018
  • Case is far from encyclopedic; this isn’t one of those books that charts a neat narrative path from album to album.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
  • There’s just not been that accessible, encyclopedic book like hers since then.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Banks tends to show up to interviews with an encyclopedic knowledge of his hero’s achievements.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 6 June 2022
  • Speakers praised his encyclopedic knowledge not only of sports, but of movies and classic rock.
    — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 10 July 2018
  • Poyner said Van Jen is known for his encyclopedic knowledge on the fish.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Newfields is one of the largest encyclopedic art museums in the country, meaning the art spans time and place.
    — Kate Silver, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The tour guides are plentiful and have an encyclopedic knowledge of both the house and the family.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Side hustles for know-it-alls Notably, your knowledge doesn’t need to be encyclopedic or broad.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But could her encyclopedic memory and low-key spying on everyone in town help the case?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 May 2021
  • Her new show is her own, pushing her to deploy her talent, charm and encyclopedic culinary chops to solve challenges.
    — Sophia Rosenbaum, chicagotribune.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Her new show is her own, pushing her to deploy her talent, charm and encyclopedic culinary chops to solve challenges.
    — NBC News, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Levine says viewers can come back to Peaks with encyclopedic knowledge of the original, or none at all.
    — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 17 May 2017
  • An encyclopedic museum is only as good as the art in its stockpiles, and that requires a lot of research.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
  • These are less flaws than the nature of the task that Seifert has set for himself — to provide an encyclopedic survey of the field.
    — Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • Audubon was drawn to the democratic and the encyclopedic—birds of all kinds occupying a common space.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The cutting edge involved here also was that Bauer did so with an encyclopedic knowledge of how to make a baseball move through space.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Smith also narrates the playlist with an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and a through line of love for the Black women who shape it.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
  • He is rooted in an encyclopedic knowledge of Broadway shows, and that's one of his first loves, musicals.
    — ELLE, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Who needs to read this encyclopedic account of the last 100 years of women’s fight for equality?
    — Connie Schultz, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Michell flexes his encyclopedic knowledge of film on the show and invites guests from all walks of the entertainment sector to talk about their craft.
    — PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2022
  • His second novel was as encyclopedic and freewheeling as his first had been enigmatic.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • And now, in a resurfaced video, the singer-guitarist shows off his encyclopedic Beatles knowledge.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
  • Costas is a big name in broadcasting with a storied past and an encyclopedic memory of baseball history.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Majors is quick to demonstrate his now encyclopedic knowledge of all things MCU.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Jules, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of birds, is quickly harassed by those threatened by his presence as an unannounced Black man in an open space.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2020
  • But Hof is probably best known for his encyclopedic knowledge of the borders of the Levant.
    — Nicholas Blanford, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2022

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