Sentence examples for Clever from inspiring English sources
The word 'clever' is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to describe someone who has done something ingenious or has a lot of knowledge. For example: "That was a clever way to solve the problem."
adjective
Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.
Quotations from his books slipped into our daily speech whenever we wanted to appear clever: "Those were days when men were men"; "When a handshake goes beyond the elbow, then it has become something else".
Blaszczykowski is played into the area by a clever prod from Murawski.
But my book of the year is Jonathan Buckley's breathtakingly clever novel, Nostalgia (Sort of Books).
The German World Cup shirt may be deemed a clever marketing move, playing as it does in colour and form with the insignia of the most popular Brazilian club, Flamengo.
If the late withdrawals of vice-captain Tom Rockliff (virus) and clever forward Dayne Zorko (personal reasons) were not enough bad omens for Brisbane, it became crystal clear it wasn't going to be their night when the ball struck Darcy Gardiner flush in the temple in the second minute following an errant kick from team-mate Pearce Hanley.
I'm comfortable with that: I know I'm clever.
Terrorists who are clever put white cloths behind them but in this one you can see the location of the children in Sambisa forest".
He's clever, articulate and says America has lost faith in its political system.
This is clever, as it makes Huntsman look important and the subject of much attention which – to be frank – has not been remotely true.
"And whoever spotted that 'Martianism' is an anagram of Martin Amis was very clever, but it is completely irrelevant.
While it is true that Ukip's share of the vote fell, it had, through clever targeting, made big strides into local government at the expense of the three main parties.
