How to Use omniscient in a Sentence

omniscient

adjective
  • The omniscient space pebbles have not made that part clear to me.
    — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 Dec. 2016
  • While God is supposed to be omniscient, humans are not.
    — JSTOR Daily, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The story of your life doesn’t come with an omniscient narrator.
    — New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • But no single one of these machines, when used in isolation, is omniscient.
    — Arthur Holland Michel, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
  • Carrère would largely junk the idea of a smoothly omniscient, Capote-like voice.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • At its core, the multiverse is like an omniscient crystal ball that displays all fortunes rather than just one.
    — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Life doesn’t come with an omniscient narrator who can give us simple reasons for either.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022
  • As the burning tree torched the beloved landmark, an omniscient webcam streamed live footage of the vandals in the act.
    — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Neither was an omniscient observer of the mind or actions of the other.
    — Roy Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
  • But no one in politics is omniscient, despite the tenor of TV talk shows.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The film opens four years after Nike went public, a move that puts Phil at the behest of an omniscient board.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Gilbert, omniscient, happily flings the reader decades into the past.
    — Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2022
  • With the baby as his main accessory, Styles kept the rest of the look low-key, as an omniscient father would.
    — Christine Flammia, Esquire, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The book bounces back and forth between an omniscient narrator and a first-person perspective.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 5 June 2024
  • And the transient nature of her young life granted her an almost omniscient perspective.
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Musa, a Scotch-drinking Muslim, views the deity as omniscient.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
  • There’s an omniscient narrator who plops down the facts of Marilyn’s life, vignette-style.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • As Carll sees it, even the creator is shaking an omniscient head at what’s happening here on Earth.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
  • But remember, the Captain is the narrator here, as both an overt and omniscient figure.
    — Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024
  • If the boss doesn’t pretend to be omniscient and omnipotent, relationships with the staff will be more productive.
    — Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Gabriel is not a first-person narrator; the story of what Gabriel sees, does and feels is told by the omniscient author, Joyce.
    — Michael Carey, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Usually, a show centered on spies and spycraft makes the hero a superhero working for an omniscient network of cloak-and-dagger types.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
  • As the world confronts the outbreak of coronavirus, many have lauded AI as our omniscient secret weapon.
    — Alex Engler, Wired, 26 Apr. 2020
  • Baldwin’s husky purr of a voice sets the table for the events of the film, before settling back to pop in every now and then with an omniscient insight or unspoken truth.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
  • Baldwin’s husky purr of a voice sets the table for the events of the film, before settling back to pop in every now and then with an omniscient insight or unspoken truth.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
  • And to Cumming’s amusement, the cast seems genuinely scared of him at times, treating him as an almost omniscient voice of God on the show.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • And to Cumming’s amusement, the cast seems genuinely scared of him at times, treating him as an almost omniscient voice of God on the show.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • It was narrated by the actress Brie Larson, embodying the role of an omniscient mushroom.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Kaepernick steps into the role of omniscient narrator in voiceovers that start out shouty and stilted but smooths out by the end of the limited series’ six half-hour installments.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Music is deeply woven into the film’s fabric, with performances and songs from both actors and musicians serving as the omniscient voice of the characters’ lives.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026

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