Examples of clever in a Sentence
All of Laptsev went to stare at the bride-to-be—she was no beauty, but everyone could see that she was clever, sophisticated …
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Isaac Bashevis Singer, New Yorker, 29 Sept. 2003
… the three of them may give Gray Davis, who was too clever for his own good, his comeuppance.
—Garrison Keillor, Time, 25 Aug. 2003
Some thought he had no redeeming value whatsoever. A sociopath. A clever manipulator …
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2002
Those who can't write poetry, write clever letters to the editor. Those who can't write clever letters to the editor, write angry letters to the editor.
—Matt Groening, Utne Reader, November/December 1987
The old lady was clever enough and he thought that if she had started from any of the right premises, more might have been expected of her.
—Flannery O'Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 1967
Some cats are clever enough to figure out how to operate doorknobs.
That's the cleverest idea I've heard yet!
She found a clever hiding place for the letter.
Isaac Bashevis Singer, New Yorker, 29 Sept. 2003
… the three of them may give Gray Davis, who was too clever for his own good, his comeuppance.
—Garrison Keillor, Time, 25 Aug. 2003
Some thought he had no redeeming value whatsoever. A sociopath. A clever manipulator …
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2002
Those who can't write poetry, write clever letters to the editor. Those who can't write clever letters to the editor, write angry letters to the editor.
—Matt Groening, Utne Reader, November/December 1987
The old lady was clever enough and he thought that if she had started from any of the right premises, more might have been expected of her.
—Flannery O'Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 1967
Some cats are clever enough to figure out how to operate doorknobs.
That's the cleverest idea I've heard yet!
She found a clever hiding place for the letter.
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Clothes therefore became a clever signifier that could be displayed or concealed depending on the situation.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Major props are due to the tour’s clever production design, which has been conceived in a way that sometimes is played for broad laughs and sometimes more subtly sets up the themes of the material without the band members having to talk so much.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Lohan — who played both Hallie Parker and Annie James thanks to clever editing, body doubles and visual effects — has been married to financier Bader Shammas since 2022.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
But thanks to a clever design feature of the market rules for tickets, on a typical day, most people don’t line up until around eight or nine in the morning.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
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Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Major props are due to the tour’s clever production design, which has been conceived in a way that sometimes is played for broad laughs and sometimes more subtly sets up the themes of the material without the band members having to talk so much.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Lohan — who played both Hallie Parker and Annie James thanks to clever editing, body doubles and visual effects — has been married to financier Bader Shammas since 2022.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
But thanks to a clever design feature of the market rules for tickets, on a typical day, most people don’t line up until around eight or nine in the morning.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Clever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clever. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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