Sentence examples for a clever but from inspiring English sources

Mr Hatfield spoke to Mr Gompertz as if he were a clever but hopelessly inattentive schoolboy.

Big Sean is a clever but convictionless rapper, full of snappy punch lines that he's clearly impressed with.

She is like a canny novelist telling stories through the eyes and voice of a clever but fatuous young girl.

They come with a clever but simple pump system – a large bag with a nozzle on one end.

However, the article may also represent a clever but potentially dangerous tactic of playing to the Daily Mail crowd.

By 2001, he had served in the administrations of six presidents and had built a reputation as a clever but heavy-handed politician and "war hawk".

(Hercules himself, you'll recall, devised a clever -- but not illegal -- way to clean the Augean stables).

A clever formula, but hard to live by.

He's not a clever rapper, but he's dedicated.

It's a clever idea, but I think incomplete.

This is a clever novel but a very cold one.