Examples of clever in a Sentence
All of Laptsev went to stare at the bride-to-be—she was no beauty, but everyone could see that she was clever, sophisticated …
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Isaac Bashevis Singer, New Yorker, 29 Sept. 2003
… the three of them may give Gray Davis, who was too clever for his own good, his comeuppance.
—Garrison Keillor, Time, 25 Aug. 2003
Some thought he had no redeeming value whatsoever. A sociopath. A clever manipulator …
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2002
Those who can't write poetry, write clever letters to the editor. Those who can't write clever letters to the editor, write angry letters to the editor.
—Matt Groening, Utne Reader, November/December 1987
The old lady was clever enough and he thought that if she had started from any of the right premises, more might have been expected of her.
—Flannery O'Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 1967
Some cats are clever enough to figure out how to operate doorknobs.
That's the cleverest idea I've heard yet!
She found a clever hiding place for the letter.
Isaac Bashevis Singer, New Yorker, 29 Sept. 2003
… the three of them may give Gray Davis, who was too clever for his own good, his comeuppance.
—Garrison Keillor, Time, 25 Aug. 2003
Some thought he had no redeeming value whatsoever. A sociopath. A clever manipulator …
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2002
Those who can't write poetry, write clever letters to the editor. Those who can't write clever letters to the editor, write angry letters to the editor.
—Matt Groening, Utne Reader, November/December 1987
The old lady was clever enough and he thought that if she had started from any of the right premises, more might have been expected of her.
—Flannery O'Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 1967
Some cats are clever enough to figure out how to operate doorknobs.
That's the cleverest idea I've heard yet!
She found a clever hiding place for the letter.
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The musical has been acclaimed for its visual spectacle and its clever use of puppets.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
In Gemini, Venus is clever, flirtatious and insatiably curious.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Honest yet clever lyrics, which, for the nonsongwriters reading this, is a surprisingly hard needle to thread.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Cristaldi Vineyards’s owner and head winemaker, Dave Brockman, eagerly introduced his business while tabling at the event and his clever business card — simply an extra wine label from producing his wines — stayed with me all these months later.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
In Gemini, Venus is clever, flirtatious and insatiably curious.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Honest yet clever lyrics, which, for the nonsongwriters reading this, is a surprisingly hard needle to thread.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Cristaldi Vineyards’s owner and head winemaker, Dave Brockman, eagerly introduced his business while tabling at the event and his clever business card — simply an extra wine label from producing his wines — stayed with me all these months later.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Clever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clever. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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