Sentence examples for astute for from inspiring English sources

"I thought it pretty astute for anybody, never mind a freshman.

"It was obviously astute for Cason to do this," said María Eva Mansfeld de Agüero, a member of the National Bilingualism Commission.

And giving Joseph Small the part of the widow who is in love with one of Bianca's suitors is no less astute, for much the same reason.

It would have been more politically astute for the article to have simply omitted the fears of an affair felt by the aides.

When it was unveiled, Osborne's budget was seen as politically astute for wrongfooting Labour by announcing a minimum wage of £9 an hour for over-25s by the year 2020.

For King Salman, the choice of bin Nayef was politically astute for another reason: his only children were two daughters, which meant that his ascension would be less threatening to others, because no one in his bloodline could succeed him.

If you were after a bike for cyclocross or the kind of gravel routes that are becoming increasingly popular it would be an astute, value-for-money option.

But this should be an arresting claim for astute readers, for in it we see a very different attitude towards the quest for the unconditioned in theoretical versus practical reason.

But, in a sign that Mr. Bent may be growing more politically astute -- for better or for worse -- he said in a recent interview that he no longer wants to do anything nasty.

He has an astonishing memory for faces and names, the quickest of wits, an astute talent for judging people and a tremendous recall for starting line-ups of 1950's baseball teams.

He has such an astute eye for the local vernacular and for what flows.