Explore Bookish through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like studious or scholarly. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bookish in a sentence
Bookish meaning
- Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
- Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
Using Bookish
- The main meaning on this page is: Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result. | Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
- Useful related words include: studious, scholarly.
- In the example corpus, bookish often appears in combinations such as: bookish and, the bookish, and bookish.
Context around Bookish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bookish
- In this selection, "bookish" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, licensed, events, considered, nature, characters and merchandise stand out and add context to how "bookish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about a bookish girl named and and brash bookish yet sometimes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bookish" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bookish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Marianne is the outcast, bookish and sarcastic. (7 words)
Bookish and introspective his hobbies were painting and music. (9 words)
This bookish bar (900 Houston Street) enhabits two floors of a one-time bookstore. (14 words)
Since the women started the business in 2016, initially setting up in Lewis Burrows’ garage, LitJoy Crate has grown into a thriving company that creates custom sub-licensed bookish merchandise, special edition books and more. (35 words)
Before the body swap takes place, Kathryn Newton plays Millie as a bookish, quiet and reserved teenager who is the school mascot because it allows her to hide in the costume of a massive beaver. (35 words)
But the bookish Lugar — as a Rhodes scholar, he earned an honors degree from Oxford in 1954 — wryly acknowledged that charisma was hardly his strong suit, and he ultimately withdrew from the 1996 race. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bookish and introspective his hobbies were painting and music.
Lorelai’s sharp wit and kind kookiness are truly at their peak in this season, as is Rory’s shy and bookish nature.
Set in 1970s Baltimore, is the story of the titular character, a fourteen-year-old young woman who is shy, quiet, and bookish.
Its influence could also be felt, in watered-down form, in ITV’s take on Henry Fielding’s ’s more bookish characters would surely be familiar with.
Since the women started the business in 2016, initially setting up in Lewis Burrows’ garage, LitJoy Crate has grown into a thriving company that creates custom sub-licensed bookish merchandise, special edition books and more.
The Library District’s Summer Adventure Program includes exciting challenges, memorable events, bookish adventures, and fantastic prizes for all ages.
Amy and Molly (played by and Feldstein) are long-time friends and high school seniors who are considered bookish and pretentious by their peers.
Before the body swap takes place, Kathryn Newton plays Millie as a bookish, quiet and reserved teenager who is the school mascot because it allows her to hide in the costume of a massive beaver.
He announces that it's time to begin demonstrating Hero magic, and he invites a certain student to put on a show: Ledriano, the bookish reincarnation of Kanon the Hero.
He was an undercover police officer for the apartheid regime and behind the bookish glasses, a ruthless killer.
In one of the greatest casting coups in history got Connery for their third Indiana Jones picture, and then went one step further by making him a bookish history dork.
Marianne is the outcast, bookish and sarcastic.
This bookish bar (900 Houston Street) enhabits two floors of a one-time bookstore.
A portrait emerges in of a complex woman—sensitive and brash, bookish yet sometimes bawdy.
But the bookish Lugar — as a Rhodes scholar, he earned an honors degree from Oxford in 1954 — wryly acknowledged that charisma was hardly his strong suit, and he ultimately withdrew from the 1996 race.
Leslie Marie Collins inhabits the role of Kate so smoothly that we instantly are charmed by the bookish and passionate educator who is determined to bring Shakespeare into urban schools.
The bookish singer has now written her own book, “Horror Stories,” a magically lyrical memoir that is also searingly honest.
This bookish community is growing from quietly cosy places to curl up with a book, to one which can attract hundreds of ‘interested’ clicks on Facebook.
With music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, it has become a widely recognized story about a bookish girl named Belle who falls prisoner to a hideous Beast.
And Varya, a bookish loner, embarks on a career researching the effects of science on longevity.
Common combinations with bookish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: