How to Use esoteric in a Sentence

esoteric

adjective
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  • The science awards, though, have a tendency to end up in the hands of those who have made esoteric, if profound, advances rather than practical ones.
    — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Wi-Fi was no longer some esoteric thing known only to nerds who built their own computers, and smartphones and tablets were on their way to ubiquity.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Rodarte's romantic, frilly, and esoteric designs may at first glance feel geared toward a specific person.
    — Michelle Li, Teen Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The fundamental particles that have so far been identified have been given esoteric names like quarks, leptons, muons, and taus.
    — Dylan Loeb McClain, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Well, here is a modest application of accounting awareness to the esoteric world of art museums.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The seemingly esoteric practice has become more accessible thanks to apps and of course social media.
    — CBS News, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The many local, esoteric varieties of rum are starting to gain my attention lately and are certainly worth sampling.
    — Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Some four-year students study subjects like ceramics or esoteric topics that provide skills not in sufficient demand to justify the costs.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2019
  • One brand, Lavva, is particularly esoteric, thanks to a blend of pili nuts, plantains and cassava root, among other things.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Druze are an esoteric religious sect of Islamic origin, but characterized by an eclectic system of doctrines.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The esoteric title is the name of one of the game’s rarest pitches.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 20 May 2024
  • Is that a way to add some vagueness to the meaning of the song, by giving it an esoteric name?
    — Chris Varias, The Enquirer, 13 July 2022
  • The network still doesn’t want your show to be too esoteric or too smart.
    — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The refraction of that bright star’s light by our atmosphere is one of the more esoteric sights in the skies above.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • This bodes well for The Night Agent and maybe less good for people drawn to Netflix’s more esoteric fare.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
  • There's a cornucopia of esoteric deals on this one page—or rather ten pages—of deals, so go nuts.
    — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The titles of some concert tours can be a bit esoteric.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 15 Mar. 2022
  • With so much esoteric imagery, this fever dream of a novel runs hot and cold.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 8 July 2020
  • The skills required are esoteric, and the risk of spending years of effort for little progress is great.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The global hits on Netflix in the U.S. are a long way from the esoteric fare that has defined foreign art on screen for years.
    — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Permit me to ask an esoteric question: is there such a thing as too much snow?
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Of course, there’s a driver to take you the 90-second journey to the central lifts and a concierge, too, who’ll finesse any of your needs, from the mundane to the esoteric.
    — Tom Weijand, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Whereas the Dead is a band with decades of esoteric lore and a sound forged in the ’60s, Goose is accessible and modern.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
  • This year the show’s theme is a little more esoteric than usual.
    — Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
  • This is not an esoteric dilemma: There are more pathogens out there poised to spill into the human species.
    — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Many of these will appeal to collectors with a penchant for the rare and esoteric.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Rob fumbles, then pressures the singer to explain some of her esoteric lyrics about love.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2023
  • Also because its actions are couched in the esoteric language of the law.
    — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Down the road, though, lead in solder may pose more esoteric concerns.
    — Dave Plank, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2000
  • Its sound has the freeness of jazz, the esoteric textures of psychedelia and the unpredictability of prog-rock.
    — Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2017

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