Below you will find example sentences with "wise man". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Wise Man in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: wise
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 21.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 15 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "wise man" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 21.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a wise man once said, as a wise man once said, once, told and exists stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with iron man, man aged, young man, wise county and wise person, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with wise man
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
The fool thinks himself a wise man. (7 words)
A wise man once said time waits for no man. (10 words)
No wise man has yet arisen to take his place. (10 words)
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life — knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. (43 words)
On the flipside, Wise Man’s Grandchild had better reviews and similar Crunchyroll popularity but so far a sequel for Wise Man’s Grandchild hasn’t been announced even though that anime ended by teasing the next part of the story. (41 words)
The third wise man was Elliot Hope (Paul Bradley), and this came as a huge relief because up until that point we still didn’t know if he’d survived last week’s surgery. (34 words)
As a wise man once said… the rent is too damn high! (12 words)
A very wise man told me; be optimistic to get readers! (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Furthermore, adding "exists" to "a wise man", to give the complete sentence "a wise man exists" has the same effect as joining "some man" to "wise" using the copula.
On the flipside, Wise Man’s Grandchild had better reviews and similar Crunchyroll popularity but so far a sequel for Wise Man’s Grandchild hasn’t been announced even though that anime ended by teasing the next part of the story.
A wise man once said time waits for no man.
A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you and find something better in your future.
A wise man came and told the king he could cure his son and the king agreed to let him try.
A wise man once said, as Black people, we could practice darn near any faith tradition we choose and be confident in knowing that our ancestors practiced that same tradition.
For all that he achieved, he was clearly a humble and wise man.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life — knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Near the middle of the Bible, we find the wise man, Solomon saying, “Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:6).
A wise man said "you can't barb someone's head in his absence".
He went on to describe Rajaji as an “infinitely wise man,” according to a report published by on November 30, 1953.
A wise man would’ve gotten a head start in October already made it through the itchy phase.
Clearly by now any wise man should know everything that looks good is not good for you, all that glitters is not gold and you cannot judge a book by its cover.
It is always lovely collaborating with him as he is such a wise man.
The third wise man was Elliot Hope (Paul Bradley), and this came as a huge relief because up until that point we still didn’t know if he’d survived last week’s surgery.
And as a wise man once said, it’s all about the benjamins.
As a wise man once said… the rent is too damn high!
A very wise man told me; be optimistic to get readers!
No wise man has yet arisen to take his place.
The fool thinks himself a wise man.