inventive
Example Sentences
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It’s rich, layered, and more inventive than the usual.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
Andie’s disorganized but inventive, and that’s exactly the way she likes it.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Through some inventive structures and a playful rewiring of romantic tropes going back to Homer, Groff stitches together a portrait of a marriage that she then carefully unravels.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Ms. Marcero’s inventive illustrations blend watercolors and images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope into a surreal dreamscape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Some inventive rat had devised a fearsome weapon: chunks of iron grave-railings from the churchyard, strung to lengths of cord.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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