How to Use nous in a Sentence

nous

noun

• He was recruited at great cost to win this World Cup, and because of his tactical nous in knockout football.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
• His defensive nous has been questioned previously, but do not underestimate the work that the 22-year-old can get through.
  — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 May 2026
• With form, confidence and fluidity in short supply, most expected Arsenal to sit in and lean on their defensive nous.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
• The assessment contradicts Western conventional wisdom that Moscow has approached the conflict more as a meat grinder than with strategic nous.
  — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• Kazakhstan’s Bublik, 29, has a serve to match Fritz’s, the groundstroke power to match Fritz’s, and more front-court nous and variety than the 28-year-old American.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026