Sentence examples for clever astute from inspiring English sources

McNichol had missed only two games in the 42-game season, and scored 14 goals, a good return for a player in his position; an inside forward was normally more a creator than a scorer of goals, but his profile on Chelsea's website describes him as "clever, astute and most of all a clinical finisher".

Historically, by Russell's account, they have tended to be more clever, astute, and diplomatic; * The industrial class, who are of "a totally different type" from the bourgeoisie, and are more apt to coerce than to behave diplomatically, due in large part to the impersonal relationships they have with their employees; and * The ideological élite.

But she was essentially a clever and astute woman, who valued the history and culture of Russia, and was determined to bring improvement to the country".

The only drawback — although part of the point in the Connections gallery — is that Ms. Brown's prints, while clever and astute, are hung alongside woodblock prints by two renowned 18th-century Japanese artists, Kitagawa Utamaro and Ippitsusai Buncho.

There were two novels published when we started, and I think J.K. Rowling had announced that she would write seven, and Warner Brothers did a deal for all seven so they were very clever and astute about that.

Idelle Weber, an American pop artist who taught drawing and painting at Harvard and New York University, and also assisted teachers at the University of California, Los Angeles, says the joy of teaching is engaging with clever and astute students.

On Thursday her clever, tactically astute game helped her emulate the efforts of Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, who reached the last of her three grand slam finals at the French Open in 1939.

But, while Schwimmer is a real Chicago stage actor rather than some cathode-ray carpetbagger, I was only mildly enthralled by Neil LaBute's new play: it's wry, clever, psychologically astute but, as with so many 100-minute plays, left me feeling hungry afterwards.

But what I fell for was his writing: strings of perfectly spelled, grammatically unassailable sentences, at once clever, subtle, astute, modest and wry.

To the Editor: Ms. Weisman's article is funny, clever and psychologically astute.

A clever tactician and astute man manager – how many other coaches have coaxed smiles out of Hatem Ben Arfa? – Pardew thoroughly deserved his manager of the year award but now the bar has been raised and he must confront a set of fresh challenges.