How to Use sophomoric in a Sentence

sophomoric

adjective
  • His behavior at the party was sophomoric.
  • And the tone of his musings sometimes was, to be blunt, sophomoric.
    — Matt Viser, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The drafting of the captive policies was at best sophomoric.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Think of it as the opposite of a quality start, with a sophomoric twist.
    — Scott Allen, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The gags are sophomoric and the overall story line is as pathetic as the concept.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021
  • VCs might also be eager to take the cash and lose the sophomoric posturing.
    — Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Jones makes a sophomoric effort to dress the question up, but this is the eternal politics of cooties.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Like high school, the chants emanating from the Tarps Off crew can be a bit sophomoric.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • More and more, the basic overshadows the basketball, and sophomoric reigns supreme.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • The book is still a sophomoric mess, and the 17 songs, which are mostly either fast or rather less so, are lively but unvaried.
    — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 26 July 2018
  • Most Super Bowl commercials rely on celebrity cameos, sophomoric jokes and ideas that nod to days gone by.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Unlike Jude, McKay has no real sense of humor, just sophomoric ridicule.
    — Armond White, National Review, 12 Jan. 2022
  • This is a space of casual violence, offhand bigotry, sophomoric humor.
    — Niela Orr, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • But they weren’t always helped by the staging, particularly when sophomoric swordplay was involved.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Realigning themselves with sophomoric virtues, the stars sell their souls in accommodation to the insensate new era.
    — Armond White, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
  • For Martin, every bit of the work — yes, even sophomoric remarks about baby fat — still demands constant refining.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Is being a sophomoric clown a prerequisite to being a baseball announcer/color guy on this network?
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • The town is filled with stereotypical athleisure-wearing moms whose conversations border on the sophomoric.
    — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 5 June 2018
  • This is just one of the bizarre, disorienting moments from a show that is sophomoric in its sensibility and half-baked in its execution.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Yes, some of the lyrics are maddeningly sophomoric and emotional, but that’s also a part of the tradition Corgan has spawned.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 2 June 2026
  • Otherwise, most of the attempts at character moments feel forced and sophomoric in a way that would probably make the average teenager groan.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2019
  • There are laughs to be had here, yes, but your mileage will vary depending on your tolerance for sophomoric bathroom humor and gratuitous vulgarity.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • What makes these pieces different from the usual museum art – aside from the sophomoric humor – is that the original Mad drawings were meant to be printed.
    — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025
  • According to Musk, the system failed them because the talents of the teaching staff tasked with imparting this knowledge to their students were sophomoric at best.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 May 2024
  • But Reebok moved on the sophomoric idea and unnecessarily showcased its true partisan colors.
    — Ericka Andersen, National Review, 19 July 2017
  • Gardner-Johnson took a shot at Swifties on Friday with a message on his hoodie that at best was sophomoric and at worst misogynistic.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2025
  • But the trial’s depiction of the way that Albany operates — with bullying, back-room deals and sophomoric nicknames, has not been flattering.
    — Jesse McKinley and Vivian Wang, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The sunglasses originally were set to sell for $69, but the coach pushed for the current price point of $67 as a cap-tip to the year he was born while dodging fits of sophomoric humor.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In a locker room culture in which sarcasm often serves as a second language for adolescents, Brendan helped translate for his brother, whose sense of humor was less sophomoric than most teens.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2019
  • After learning about Jimmy’s sophomoric attacks on Howard, Kim suggests new and even more juvenile pranks to Jimmy.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020

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