CLEVER in a Sentence
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226 example sentences for CLEVER, such as:
1. I thought it brilliantly clever.
2. I consider him to be a clever fellow.
3. Betty is as clever as her brother Tom.
4. When I was young, I admired clever people.
5. I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
2. I consider him to be a clever fellow.
3. Betty is as clever as her brother Tom.
4. When I was young, I admired clever people.
5. I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
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Meanings and Examples of CLEVER
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clever
a. showing inventiveness and skill
a. mentally quick and resourceful
Classic Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
1 Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.
2 Moses, who was Mr. Jones's especial pet, was a spy and a tale-bearer, but he was also a clever talker.
3 But the pigs were so clever that they could think of a way round every difficulty.
4 She would have been, he thought, a very clever woman, had she fixed her gaze.
5 I thought it brilliantly clever.
6 The amazing, the profound, the unbelievable thrill there was in passionately talking to some really clever young man by the hour, resuming day after day for months.
7 Clifford was really clever at that slightly humorous analysis of people and motives which leaves everything in bits at the end.
8 Anyhow he was blacksmith to the cavalry in Egypt for a time; always was connected with horses, a clever fellow that way.
9 Connie realized that his so-called genius was just this: a perspicuous talent for personal gossip, clever and apparently detached.
10 He began to experiment, and got a clever young fellow, who had proved brilliant in chemistry, to help him.
11 The house was not impregnable: he was as clever as burglars are.
12 But he'd been a nice lad, a nice lad, had helped her a lot, so clever at making things clear to you.
13 He was quite as clever as Sir Clifford: and always one for the women.
14 I was supposed to be a clever sort of young fellow from Sheffield Grammar School, with a bit of French and German, very much up aloft.
15 He was a very intelligent man: and alone in the army, as such a man is: a passionate man in his way: and a very clever officer.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 When I was young, I admired clever people.
2 Whether she's clever or not is a matter of opinion.
3 Though he's not clever, he's a diligent worker and has often done well in the examinations.
4 Betty is as clever as her brother Tom.
5 The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.
6 The lawyer produced a clever defense of his client.
7 I consider him to be a clever fellow.
8 People consider foxes as clever but sly animals.
9 I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
10 The building relies on clever design rather than on ornament for its impressive effect.
11 Her clever opening gambit gave her an early advantage.
12 He's a classic example of a kid who's clever but lazy.
13 I don't claim to be an expert and I certainly don't want to be a clever Dick.
14 This figure is reached by a fiendishly clever equation.
15 There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to the bait today.