agile

Example Sentences

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"This suggests Kank may have been an active fisher, contrasting with common portrayal of raptors as agile terrestrial predators, like Velociraptor from the Northern Hemisphere."

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

But Ms. Pike is terrific, as are Ms. Shaw, Mr. Dance and Mr. Baron Cohen, an agile comedian in a production that isn’t particularly taxing, except as regards our expectations for fully original comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Swinney said he had put together a "leaner, more agile government".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Crystal’s fluid staging, full of agile and vibrant design choices, smoothly maneuvers the action.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Burr’s facile shift in his allegiance, the first in what would be several similarly agile switches during his career, captured Hamilton’s attention and produced his first recorded anti-Burr remarks, questioning Burr’s lack of political principle.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis