intelligent

Example Sentences

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To see how birds stack up against other intelligent animals, Mr. Lefebvre contrasts them to primates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

A victim impact statement was also read out on behalf of Sadio's father, who said that his daughter was "a brilliant mother, a leader and incredibly intelligent" but added that their lives "had crumbled".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Sheep are not only intelligent, as someone observes, but they can be inspirational.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

When his character contacts Léa Seydoux’s French plant expert, it becomes almost too much rapturously intelligent star wattage for one quietly poetic movie, even if these god-tier actors are just zooming and talking shop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Still, I was always aware that even with as much education as the engineers had, my father, with his sixth-grade formal education, was equally intelligent.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson