smartness
Example Sentences
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Breaking the back of the chase was important in allowing the side's less experienced middle order to do the rest with simple, risk-free cricket - and they played with a smartness that England didn't.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
Then she acquired smartness, Lansbury reasoning that, as a successful woman, Jessica should dress the part.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
“I can’t measure her smartness, but she’s curious, and I think it’s the way of being smart,” said Maciej Ryszczuk, Swiatek’s fitness trainer and physiotherapist.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
“We have a vaccine for that smartness virus that’s been in the art world for the last fifty years.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
For all his smartness with politics and music, Mr. Burke was inclined to be absent- minded.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
