smartness
Example Sentences
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"They played the situation. That's a sign of a young England side that is starting to use their smartness."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
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
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
