clever
Example Sentences
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Her mother had bright, clever eyes and a wide, funny smile; she looked happy-excited because it was the morning she went diving to investigate the contents of the blue whale’s stomach.
From Literature
The outrageous offloading game of France was almost rewarded with a try for wing Attissogbe, following a clever Dupont chip kick but it was ruled out for offside.
From BBC
For entertainment reporter Indigo Stafford, what we are seeing is "a mixture of both clever PR and method acting".
From BBC
By using clever debt structures, Chinese companies are able to purchase U.S. facilities while obscuring their true ownership.
From MarketWatch
Andy Akiho’s clever music mechanically parrots the repetitions in the text and grows increasingly frantic as the students’ frustration and discomfort escalate—they hate her and they want her to notice them.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
