How to Use esoteric in a Sentence

esoteric

adjective
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  • The network still doesn’t want your show to be too esoteric or too smart.
    — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • 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 titles of some concert tours can be a bit esoteric.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 15 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Many of these will appeal to collectors with a penchant for the rare and esoteric.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2023
  • With so much esoteric imagery, this fever dream of a novel runs hot and cold.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 8 July 2020
  • Also because its actions are couched in the esoteric language of the law.
    — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Permit me to ask an esoteric question: is there such a thing as too much snow?
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The skills required are esoteric, and the risk of spending years of effort for little progress is great.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Jones has a knack for digging up the obscure and the esoteric and presenting it in a relatable way.
    — Leilah Bernstein, Los Angeles Magazine, 16 June 2017
  • Rob fumbles, then pressures the singer to explain some of her esoteric lyrics about love.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2023
  • To me, fragrance is the most esoteric of all beauty products.
    — Tynan Sinks, Allure, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Down the road, though, lead in solder may pose more esoteric concerns.
    — Dave Plank, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2000
  • The four new episodes sent to critics have only a little of the esoteric oddness that so frequently made the first season a blast.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • If all of that is rudimentary and old hat to you, the spa offers more esoteric treatments.
    — Carole Sovocool, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The numbers that most normal people will care about aren't quite so esoteric.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022
  • That moody, esoteric approach proved not so great at moving the metal.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 6 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • No question is too esoteric or too out there for our reporters, who are eager to find new stories to tell.
    — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • 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 names of more recent colors have become increasingly esoteric in the last year or so.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Yet, for all the esoteric ideas attributed to him, the dancing lord likely has more earthy origins.
    — Harish Pullanoor, Quartz India, 18 Dec. 2019
  • If this is too esoteric, think a triflin’ boyfriend bending the knee and proposing to his girlfriend in a crowded mall food court.
    — Damon Young, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Unlike the more esoteric ideas of taxing this or taxing that, rates are simple by nature.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Things like the debt ceiling or campaign finance are sort of esoteric concepts to the average person.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 31 May 2017
  • Alex Song has invested in a lot of esoteric financial products over the years.
    — Declan Harty, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2022
  • However, sifting through pages of legalese can sometimes prove to be too esoteric.
    — Steve Marsh, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Tarses and his team did worry about the esoteric nature of podcasts in writing the broadcast series.
    — Sonia Rao, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The public simply doesn’t care about issues this esoteric.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 Jan. 2020

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