How to Use acuity in a Sentence

acuity

noun

• Sorkin’s vivid prose and peerless acuity for satire are gifts to the reader.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2020
• They are made for dogs of all ages, interests and mental acuity.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
• Of course, there were also some shots at Biden’s mental acuity.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2020
• Blame your friend’s acuity and the quality of your friendship.
  — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
• But among the few compensations of old age is the acuity of hindsight.
  — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2017
• To some critics, the pinpoint acuity of these descriptions seemed too good to be true.
  — Margalit Fox, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2021
• Her health and mental acuity have been questioned by the press and her colleagues in recent years.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• Over time, that willingness to take risks can lead to social acuity and new friendships.
  — Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
• Take two capsules a day to boost your mental acuity and performance.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2022
• At 93 does your mom still have the mental acuity to understand that the song is for her?
  — Sarah Rodman, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• The episodes might have raised parallel concerns about age and mental acuity.
  — Rebecca Davis O’Brien, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• But thanks to mental acuity tests, brain scans and patient histories, that’s no longer the case.
  — By David Knopf, kansascity.com, 20 June 2017
• The crew described sensations of rare clarity and acuity brought on by the sheer scale of risk.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
• What this highlights here is that the patient acuity in the state of Indiana has risen.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
• So who is going to raise the issue of the president’s mental acuity?
  — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
• Across the record, there is an itch to venture an opinion without the acuity to turn it into insight.
  — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026
• Few at the time watched Roth with greater acuity than Albert Goldman.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
• Still, the emotional acuity of a writer who felt things too deeply to stoop to cheap sentiment comes through.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
• Moonlight even sharpens the visual acuity of horseshoe crabs, which come ashore on certain nights to mate.
  — Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 22 June 2017
• With wit, acuity and tenderness, Laskin paints a vivid portrait of a young man coming of age.
  — Malcom Forbes Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
• At the same time, refusing to debate could give jibes against Biden’s mental acuity legs.
  — Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2020
• On the acuity of the answer rests the safety, and thereby the sanity, of the nation.
  — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022
• First of all, people were put to shame, me and others out there that talked about Joe Biden's mental acuity.
  — ABC News, 18 May 2025
• Ahead of the exam, the White House said that tests for mental acuity would not be included.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 16 Jan. 2018
• Even a small drop in hydration status can affect a leader’s mental acuity.
  — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Some critics also note that, like Biden, he has been dogged by questions about his advancing age and acuity.
  — Bytal Axelrod, ABC News, 27 July 2022
• The lens was replaced, and this time the improvement in acuity was immediate.
  — Susan R. Barry, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• Cones are primarily located at a spot on your retina called the fovea, which is the point of highest acuity.
  — Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• The musicians are tight and Olivia has the vocal acuity and the stamina to keep the energy in the room turned up to eleven.
  — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• The former president’s mental acuity has been closely watched in the leadup to the election.
  — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024