How to Use intelligent in a Sentence

intelligent

adjective
  • He's a hard worker but he's not very intelligent.
  • She asked some intelligent questions.
  • And the intelligent man on the street is going to say that’s a bunch of baloney.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The intelligent man on the street is going to say that’s a bunch of baloney.
    Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2017
  • That is a book about the caracara, which is a very intelligent bird.
    Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • The poor, some experts say, are less intelligent than the rich.
    New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Then again, even intelligent aliens might be too busy or too shy to send messages to the stars.
    Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Native to the West Coast, the playful and intelligent creatures can live for up to 30 years.
    Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • And so, who would have thought that that leads to something that could be called intelligent?
    IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2023
  • People were very sweet, very open, and there’s a lot of film lovers there who are very intelligent.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But not even the most intelligent can solve that equation.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Why do some of the world’s most intelligent people sign on for a lifetime of pipetting?
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Maybe not just more intelligent, but maybe even more wise.
    Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • These jays are intelligent and are known to slip through treetops to rob nests of other birds.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Kitty was intelligent, but known to have a sharp tongue.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 July 2023
  • No proper, intelligent attempt was made to ‘live with’ the virus.
    Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Zuri is intelligent, feisty and easy to train, Simpson said.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Icy is intelligent, friendly and driven by the need for speed.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But the rage and the sense of revenge or justice has blotted out most intelligent discourse.
    Rebecca Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2018
  • But the rise of intelligent machines means that could change soon, perhaps in our own lifetimes.
    NBC News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Cats are highly intelligent and many of them are amenable to learning tricks — or, as cats would put it, teaching you to give them treats.
    Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee.com, 9 June 2017
  • This number alone boosts the hope of finding intelligent life.
    Meghan Bartels, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The i7 has intelligent mapping that learns your home, navigating to where the mess is.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • But making claims of intelligent life in other parts of the universe?
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 10 Mar. 2017
  • Why would two intelligent people, each of whom spoke the other’s language well, do this?
    Douglas Hofstadter, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Some experts think in just 15 years time, our smartphones will be more intelligent than us.
    Zoltan Istvan, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Very intelligent and well-versed, whereas the other guys on Jocelyn’s team are sort of into the practicum of it.
    Vulture, 26 June 2023
  • Mary was an intelligent student, having the highest grades among students at both high schools at the time.
    Christina Hyder, Laurel Leader, 22 June 2017
  • This means software for intelligent cars can be developed fully in the cloud and deployed through the cloud.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But researchers have long wondered whether the bird species with the best vocal learning skills are also the most intelligent.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023

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