How to Use essayist in a Sentence

essayist

noun
  • Twelve young essayists share their hopes, their outrage and some strategies for change.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
  • But, in my second year, exposure to a trio of great essayists changed the course of my life.
    — Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Trump is not included among the list of essayists on the project website.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Then there are the urgings for calm, from politicians as well as faraway essayists.
    — Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic, 24 May 2017
  • This essayist tells of how working with nature has often refreshed her as well.
    — Sue Wonder, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Megan O’Grady is a critic and an essayist.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Jaime Green is a science writer and essayist.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • Beach is a talented essayist with a promising career ahead of her.
    — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • The essayists are clear-eyed about the power that mythology has over reason.
    — Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023
  • An instant classic — every essayist needs to pay attention to the best in the game.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The novelist rings at the door and spirits you off; the essayist invites herself in.
    — Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
  • John Scalzi scalzi Sci-fi writer, essayist, blogger, and huge geek.
    — Matt Blum, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2010
  • At a time when the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war, our essayist, a diplomat, found hope in an unlikely place.
    — Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The latter book was Straub's favorite piece of work from the late director and essayist.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Rachel Fairbank is a science writer and essayist based in west Texas.
    — Rachel Fairbank, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2022
  • But as some of our nonfiction essayists point out, the economy of water in space will always stay in space.
    — Ed Finn, Slate Magazine, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Hurtubise is a novelist, essayist, and artist.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • It was named after a theater club started by British essayist Charles Lamb.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • Kael, who died in 2001, was not just a critic but also an essayist and novelist.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Lewis had always brought an essayist’s sensibility to the art of editing.
    — Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
  • Katha Pollitt is a poet, essayist and columnist for the Nation.
    — Katha Pollitt, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Senna is a novelist and essayist.
    — Time, 27 May 2026
  • The Thorn allows Annie to grow as an essayist, even as its own cultural footprint shrinks.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2021
  • Meg Bernhard is a journalist and essayist based in Las Vegas.
    — Hazlitt, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Other young essayists really just wanted to visit the State House and meet Healey in the flesh.
    — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • Your pole tip could bend in the next second – or in a second that won’t happen till tomorrow, essayist Murr Brewster writes.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2022
  • The poet and essayist, also known as LeRoi Jones, died in 2014.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Pinned to the wall is a note from his mother that quotes his favorite essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and a thank-you card from a fan.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 8 May 2023
  • The poet and essayist Maggie Smith has been my back-pocket companion for the past year of the pandemic.
    — Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Janet Malcolm, an essayist and journalist known for her work in The New Yorker, has died.
    — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2021

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