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
  • Even the most intelligent of folks were tempted by the chance to pierce the veil, noted the critic.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • She was thought of as being one of the most intelligent people of that time.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 June 2024
  • And so, who would have thought that that leads to something that could be called intelligent?
    IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The intelligent way to be selfish is to work for the welfare of others.
    Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
  • People were very sweet, very open, and there’s a lot of film lovers there who are very intelligent.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 5 May 2020
  • 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
  • The help of important people and the intelligent use of resources will likely land you at the top of the heap in March.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • The thing about Nickel Boys is its a film that is more intelligent than its maker.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • What’s more, Johnson was always one of the most intelligent players on the field.
    cleveland, 23 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • The book portrays the African girls as beautiful and intelligent and the father as noble and wise.
    John Blake, CNN, 1 Jan. 2022
  • But the rise of intelligent machines means that could change soon, perhaps in our own lifetimes.
    NBC News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • With six attachments and intelligent airflow that style without extreme heat, the tool cuts styling time in half while delivering softer, shinier and less frizzy hair.
    Jené Luciani Sena , Caitlyn Martyn May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The scaling hypothesis—the belief that bigger models will produce more intelligent outputs—seems to rest on the dubious belief that a system that has been fed enough information about the world will not have to deal with fuzziness.
    Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

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