smartness
Example Sentences
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“Bjorkstrand, I think he’s been a little snakebit and he’s playing a little better than his numbers probably indicate. I really like his smartness and his stickwork and a lot of things.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023
“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
Back-rower Du Preez was everywhere for Alex Sanderson's side, and showed smartness to block and gather to score after Tigers full-back Bryce Hegarty unsuccessfully tried to launch his exit kick downfield.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 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
But I suppose if you’re partial to swallowing horseflies whole, it’s a pretty good sign that smartness ain’t one of the things you been ’specially blessed with.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
