How to Use scholarly in a Sentence

scholarly

adjective
  • She has a scholarly interest in music.
  • His writings have been recently given scholarly attention.
  • But that wasn’t the end of her scholarly journey by a long shot.
    — Tao Leigh Goffe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Which is a scholarly way of saying his job was to raise money.
    — Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Is this the most scholarly way to pass along your displeasure?
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 2 July 2019
  • This doesn’t seem to be the year for advice books, scholarly tomes or rigor of any sort.
    — Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Dec. 2024
  • To own a scholarly or first edition of a favorite book is a way to honor its place in your life.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Six of the eight have no scholarly publications on them at all.
    — Gerard De Kamper, Quartz Africa, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The Three Bibles wasn’t the place to purchase pricey scholarly tomes.
    — James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Fingal, a more scholarly type, begs to differ.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But amid today’s fierce polemics, even scholarly discussion of the term is fraught.
    — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Caras took a painstaking, scholarly look at all the critters that can kill us, and his is a book without bullsh*t.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 30 June 2020
  • With the study of life in prison growing as a scholarly field, such sales are becoming more common.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Clearly, the way to influence the man is not to write scholarly books about climate change or health care.
    — Garrison Keillor, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2017
  • There has been an off-and-on spate of scholarly research about highway hypnosis.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Studies published in scholarly journals showed the foam broke apart in heat and moisture.
    — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Like many cities with a long and scholarly past, Hanoi is a café culture, and the streets are clogged with coffee stalls.
    — Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Libraries have been filled with scholarly works about Fitzgerald and his most famous work.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • In the interim silence, a sizable amount of scholarly work was churned out.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
  • His scholarly bent and deep knowledge of history were a huge asset to the paper, too.
    — Diane Mastrull, Philly.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • The crowd at the gala was a youthful one, embracing the art world early in support of the scholarly cause.
    — Amber Vanderzee, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2012
  • There is a lot of scholarly research regarding the ins and outs of wintertime blues.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Much scholarly work has been conducted on the workplace and its impact on the workforce.
    — Bill Adams, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • Getting dressed for that kind of on-the-job action was a tricky business that began with scholarly research.
    — Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Joshi says teachers also tend to be a vocal crowd that isn’t shy about sharing their scholarly opinions.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The rest comes from crowd-funding and a platform on which academics can publish scholarly papers.
    — The Economist, 14 July 2018
  • Young Ratzinger was apparently a shy and scholarly boy who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
    — Jay Parini, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Whether or not the poem is about Shakespeare is a cause for scholarly debate, but what rises from it is anger.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Dunn wanted the property to be used as a scholarly and artistic retreat.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026
  • If nothing else, such scholarly debates should help ensure a steady stream of Lincoln books for years to come.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024

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