cleverness
Example Sentences
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The fights and chases are semi-effective, but there’s such a startling lack of cleverness that it’s as if the filmmakers took “Idiocracy” as a guide rather than a warning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Her performance is just one of many surprises that highlight the show’s ability to flaunt its cleverness without smothering it in celebrity schmaltz.
From Salon • May 8, 2025
While he is nowhere near the dribbler Jeremy Doku or Savinho is, he brings a certain degree of cleverness to the wing.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025
It’s so creative and clever, but it doesn’t lose its heart in the cleverness.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024
Shifa, for all her cleverness, was very much a landlubber and not much use at sea.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Vocabulary lists containing cleverness
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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