Sentence examples for clever knowing from inspiring English sources

A lot of clever, knowing quotes are placed in the mouths of the protagonists.

SET in upstate New York in the spring of 1971, this second novel by Sarah Willis is a clever, knowing take on obsession and rebellion.

"I'd always thought I was being incredibly clever, knowing it was AWL-trupp," he said, fondly mentioning one of his other favorite words, equerry (pronounced uh-QUAIR-y by those in the know, apparently).

Maud and Roland are redeemed from their dull, cautious modern lives only when they are infected by the wildness and grandeur of Randolph and Christabel -- a clever, knowing reversal of the standard idea that the salient difference between their time and ours is between repression and liberation.

The writing is strong, and aspects of its plotting are clever: knowing that an elderly baby-killer in the prison claims she can "tell which ones were going to grow up to be good people, and which ones were bad seeds," Jake seeks her out to learn his own worth.

"The latest batch of pilots spring from a set of witty, clever, knowing scripts that reflect the complexity of modern life," Channel 4's head of comedy Phil Clarke said.

Michel Hazanavicius's film is clever and knowing but it possesses soul in abundance.

It feels sophisticated and clever and knowing without being too grown-up and dark.

He has been clever about knowing how to distribute the scarcities with more abundance than other politicians".

It was praised as "entertainingly demented", clever, comical, knowing and Jacobs-Jenkins's most personal work to date.

Yet the film's main attraction is also its biggest drawback: its blizzard of clever and knowing high-tone movie references, stylistic homages and visual quotes.