cleverness
Example Sentences
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Rangers in that first half lacked movement and cleverness and X-factor.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The genius of the character, the cleverness, the inventiveness of him, that was a huge part of what interested me. He’s not just a soldier. He’s an amazing strategist, a very wily person.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Influencers,” like its predecessor, was written and directed by the Canadian Kurtis David Harder, whose cleverness is as abundant as the body count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Other jokes trade in more broadly-appealing cleverness; for example, that same brief frame at the cop con show featuring Yola Tomassi singing “Frisk and Shout” in the style of The Beatles.
From Salon ● May 8, 2025
The second is the legend of my sister’s cleverness.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing cleverness
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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