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 gaggle of former mean girls who have grown into mean women is in the midst of discussing Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones, a choice that initially seems like a clever little Easter Egg.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Liam, too little to unlock the door, thinks of something clever to let the emergency crew inside the house.
—Janay Reece, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Both are clever nods to her formative years in West Africa.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Packed with apples, chocolate-nougat candy bars, and a pudding mixture to bind it all together, this salad is actually a clever dessert in disguise.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2026
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Liam, too little to unlock the door, thinks of something clever to let the emergency crew inside the house.
—Janay Reece, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Both are clever nods to her formative years in West Africa.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Packed with apples, chocolate-nougat candy bars, and a pudding mixture to bind it all together, this salad is actually a clever dessert in disguise.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2026
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“Clever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clever. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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