In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.    From LearnThat.org.  [Harold Evans]

Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali said, This pontificate is totally new.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - New pontiff stresses unity, youth, dialogue] Reference

The problem with the blogosphere and and you lot that sit back and pontificate is that a keyboard and mouse have made you an expert.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weenie of the Week #30 for 2006] Reference

The most striking event of his pontificate is the tragic close.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference

The central idea of his pontificate was the liberation of Europe from.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

The crowning glory of his pontificate was the foundation of the Vatican.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference

The principal event of his pontificate was the restoration of peace with the French court.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference

The most important act of his pontificate was the publication of the bull against witchcraft.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age of the Reformation] Reference

One of the most remarkable successes of his pontificate was the restoration of the Pontifical States, secured at the Congress of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

Perhaps one of the happiest events during his pontificate was his arrival at Rome of four Japanese ambassadors on 22 March, 1585.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference

And that's actually quite interesting, because that's the first window we might have into the kind of pontificate that he wishes to have.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2005] Reference

I think your example indicates that "pontificate" has taken on an undertone of "bloviate".    From Wordnik.com.  [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference

Americans whooped the English for a reason - we're the most bestest. lgm: I used to use the word "pontificate" a lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference

HE succeeded St. Anterus in the pontificate, in the year 236.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

The New World was discovered during the pontificate of Alexander.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference

They pontificate about the various ways women must expunge maternity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': The Politics of Postpartum Bodies] Reference

It's easy to pontificate when you don't have to bet with your own money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Word: Vinod Khosla] Reference

It is in this context that John Paul II's pontificate must be appreciated.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL] Reference

This, in turn, led to his cardinalcy and his eventual elevation to the pontificate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Papal Secrets] Reference

All those at St. Matilda's Chapel knew they were witnessing the end of the pontificate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Papal Secrets] Reference

But given his age, it's fair to ask what would happen when his pontificate comes to an end.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Deck] Reference

This latter being crowned with martyrdom, in 252, St. Lucius succeeded him in the pontificate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

The period corresponds roughly with the pontificate of Paul III. which lasted from 1534 to 1549.    From Wordnik.com.  [England under the Tudors] Reference

The Bull bestowing these concessions was dated the fourth of May, 1493, in the first year of his pontificate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference

There is a new category that they can boldly pontificate about as they project the ups and downs of the market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Anderson: "Let's Get America Working Again"] Reference

We cannot pontificate to corrupt Third World governments while we ignore our sins of bigotry and low expectations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston: Is There Discrimination at the World Bank?] Reference

In the pontificate of Gregory II., about the year 720, they were conducted back by abbot Petronax to Mount Cassino.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

The Intellectual as PastorFor three years Benedict XVI has thought that his will be a relatively short pontificate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of the Caricature] Reference

Loretto, which he imagined was still endowed with all the treasures it possessed anterior to its losses during the pontificate of Pius VI.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference