How to Use competent in a Sentence

competent

adjective

• The defendant was declared competent to stand trial.
• Now healthy, Denver has the top seed, a competent roster and one of the best players in the world.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
• Despite the light weight, these are both competent reels.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• In July, the court found the boy competent, according to court records.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Positives: White is a competent run defender with the size and strength to set the edge.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Miami still needs a competent one, but Smith can pick up some of the targets that would go to a No. 3.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
• For what they’re asked to do, Smythe and Hill are certainly competent.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Most of these items are best installed by a competent local shop.
  — Jack Baruth, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
• And in the two-by-two matrix of men and women being warm and not warm and competent and not competent.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
• Some kids are ready to start shooting at a very early age, and some adults will never be competent with a firearm.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 25 May 2023
• Or at least competent enough to steer us through whatever miseries the coming months were sure to bring.
  — Yael Goldstein-Love, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• Everything went well, thanks to the competent health personnel, who took care of me.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
• If so, then finding a competent counselor shouldn’t be too hard.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• Finding a competent coach: This is only the first step in a long journey, and this step is fraught with obstacles.
  — Oleksandr Usyk, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The moving portrayal, at times, scuffs against the glossiness of Lee. Kuras’ film is competent, polished and awards-ready.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2023
• Instead, he was sent to a mental health court and ultimately found competent to face the charges.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• There's a lot more to a competent arm training program than just camping out in front of the dumbbell rack and pumping out reps of biceps curls.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, Lawrence received competent NFL coaching for the first time and has flourished.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
• While its handling feels stable and competent, the Lyriq doesn't deliver much fun when pressed hard.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
• Davis can put up points, and Jokic is a competent defender.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• But through all that turbulent time, a rather competent space company seems to have emerged.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
• In 2023, many competent and effective leadership lessons could be learned from John Hagen and his book, The Sailor.
  — David Nour, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• All of this begs the question, how important is it to be liked over being perceived as competent in your career?
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
• McMillin said a doctor has said Guilfoyle is competent to stand trial.
  — The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Please get help — competent counseling, stat — and learn not just how to get out from under this guy’s thumb, but also how to flick away anyone else’s.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• There are a lot of 40 year olds out there who ain't particularly competent.
  — CBS News, 19 Feb. 2023
• DeSantis’ efforts to be a drama-free, more competent version of Trump have flopped so far.
  — Reid J. Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
• The crew were extremely competent and had that very pragmatic, Irish sense of humor.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Next time, if there is one, the plot will be much tighter, the action less outlandish, the logistics much better prepared, the director more competent.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 21 Dec. 2022
• The lesson, Hynes said, is the importance of the details that make the difference in a league full of competent teams — especially in games when both teams have something to gain.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024