How to Use omniscient in a Sentence

omniscient

adjective
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  • The omniscient space pebbles have not made that part clear to me.
    — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 Dec. 2016
  • Breaking the fourth wall [and] voice-over that shifts from first-person to omniscient was just part of the DNA of it.
    — Matt Brennan, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
  • The film opens four years after Nike went public, a move that puts Phil at the behest of an omniscient board.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2023
  • As the burning tree torched the beloved landmark, an omniscient webcam streamed live footage of the vandals in the act.
    — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
  • An omniscient hero could quickly sap the show of suspense.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2017
  • But no one in politics is omniscient, despite the tenor of TV talk shows.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Cummings isn’t the omniscient ubermensch that some of the Tory spin is making him out to be.
    — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Carrère would largely junk the idea of a smoothly omniscient, Capote-like voice.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • With the baby as his main accessory, Styles kept the rest of the look low-key, as an omniscient father would.
    — Christine Flammia, Esquire, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The story of your life doesn’t come with an omniscient narrator.
    — New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • Even trans people — the omniscient oracles for the social-justice left — can’t toe the line.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 29 June 2018
  • Gabriel is not a first-person narrator; the story of what Gabriel sees, does and feels is told by the omniscient author, Joyce.
    — Michael Carey, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Neither was an omniscient observer of the mind or actions of the other.
    — Roy Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
  • Plus, with the lack of her usual omniscient narration throughout most of the episode, fans are starting to wonder: did Rue just die?
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Musa, a Scotch-drinking Muslim, views the deity as omniscient.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The cast is entirely new, except for the voice of the omniscient Gossip Girl, which will be provided once again by Kristen Bell.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • As the world confronts the outbreak of coronavirus, many have lauded AI as our omniscient secret weapon.
    — Alex Engler, Wired, 26 Apr. 2020
  • As Carll sees it, even the creator is shaking an omniscient head at what’s happening here on Earth.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Baldwin’s husky purr of a voice sets the table for the events of the film, before settling back to pop in every now and then with an omniscient insight or unspoken truth.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
  • Gilbert, omniscient, happily flings the reader decades into the past.
    — Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2022
  • But no single one of these machines, when used in isolation, is omniscient.
    — Arthur Holland Michel, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
  • But the reviewer suggested that Mr. Bell may have been guilty of overkill in portraying his hero as omniscient.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • But be sure to use your newfound omniscient powers wisely.
    — Robin Tribble, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The plot thread comes off like something out of The X-Files or Fringe, complete with an omniscient nameless envoy for inscrutable higher powers.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 18 June 2020
  • Thankfully, Campos got a little help from the author of the crime novel himself; Pollock signed on to lend his voice to the project as the film's omniscient narrator.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • It was narrated by the actress Brie Larson, embodying the role of an omniscient mushroom.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2021
  • And the transient nature of her young life granted her an almost omniscient perspective.
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Star Wars will continue to exist in an omniscient Force-like fashion, in everything from toys to TV shows to videogames to theme parks, but new movies have always been the brand’s creative core.
    — James Hibberd, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Kaepernick steps into the role of omniscient narrator in voiceovers that start out shouty and stilted but smooths out by the end of the limited series’ six half-hour installments.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Usually, a show centered on spies and spycraft makes the hero a superhero working for an omniscient network of cloak-and-dagger types.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022

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