How to Use intellect in a Sentence

intellect

noun

• She has a sharp intellect.
• We were required to read a book every week in order to develop our intellects.
• She is a woman of superior intellect.
• Degas, more an artist of the intellect than of the heart, takes more work.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• The late pope blessed the church and the world with his intellect and holiness.
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 4 Jan. 2023
• But there will still be others who have to rely on grit and intellect.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• But she was struck by his passion, intellect and study of the social justice figures of the past.
  — Emily Cochrane Jon Cherry, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
• But she will also be remembered for the force of her intellect and drive.
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 27 Mar. 2022
• The whole address was strong and pointed, and stamped her as a woman of brilliant intellect.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2022
• And her husband, Robert Rigaux, was a charming intellect who adored his wife.
  — Hannah Morse, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2022
• His intellect, and wit, are still intact and sharp as ever.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2022
• As an actor, his instincts were spot-on, but his intellect would screw it all up.
  — Stuart Miller, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• To Tom Flores, John Madden’s gift lay at the crossroads of intellect and work ethic.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2021
• Her mere presence beamed onto the screen her vast inner worlds of emotion and intellect.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022
• Bassett’s skills have often been construed on lines of strength and intellect.
  — Vulture, 16 Mar. 2023
• Known for his intellect, Herbert is smart enough to understand turnovers can be killers.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• But what about the kids whose intellect is not their superpower?
  — Amy Julia Becker, Time, 5 Oct. 2022
• Ideally, this utterance comes from the soul, not from the intellect.
  — Ted Ladd, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• Who in Hollywood had the range to play her, the intellect and empathy to understand her?
  — Vulture, 29 June 2022
• And before taking the job, Kissinger made no secret of his suspicions of Nixon’s intellect.
  — Norman Kempster, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• There is no landmark legislation that bears his thumbprint, no law that flowed from the wellspring of his intellect.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• Dionne, who combines keen intellect with an impish wit, went first.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• Even in those school years, Stephen was known and respected for his intellect and friendly outreach.
  — Ellen Uchimiya, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2022
• Maria and David Breaux were especially close, able to joke about the awful events in their lives and finding solace in two aunts who saw their intellect and tried to smooth the way.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 5 June 2023
• The rest of the world found out much later in the Tapp case what Will Grigg had known years earlier because of his genius intellect and diligent research.
  — Thomas R Eddlem, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
• How might the story expand if there were a mind to challenge her challenging intellect?
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
• And Jackson herself sat before the committee on her own terms, with her hair in braids, her smile wide and her intellect blazing.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2023
• Afeni Shakur was a revolutionary, an intellect and a voice for the people.
  — Josie Howell | , al, 22 Apr. 2023
• But then, the union of high and low, of sensation and intellect, has always been central to Strickland’s own obsessions.
  — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
• There’s a scholarly intellect, academia, behind it, and there’s so much felt emotion.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024