SAVANT in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SAVANT, such as:

1. The savants stared at her ignorance.
2. Our faculty includes a world famous savant.
3. The Dawsons smiled their appreciation of listening to a savant.

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 Meanings and Examples of SAVANT
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savant
 n.  scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
Classic Sentence:
1  On the way he thought no more of money, but mused on the introduction that awaited him to the Petersburg savant, a writer on sociology, and what he would say to him about his book.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 2
2  The Dawsons smiled their appreciation of listening to a savant.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  His conversation, I remember, was about the Bertillon system of measurements, and he expressed his enthusiastic admiration of the French savant.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
4  The savants stared at her ignorance.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
Example Sentence:
1  Our faculty includes a world famous savant.