How to Use street smarts in a Sentence

street smarts

plural noun

• Would street smarts get me through?
  — Lloyd Blankfein, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
• Will my child lack the street smarts that serve city kids so well?
  — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Lawrence was a fighter, had street smarts and a great sense of humor.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
• This is one of those days when you can be filled with both street smarts and ancient wisdom.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2020
• Some people are business smarts, book smarts, street smarts, and some people are both.
  — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• Listen to the whisper of your intuitions as well as your street smarts.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2020
• June is when your street smarts are most effective in commerce and career.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2021
• Diana’s progress in the first half of season 2 is a testament to those book and street smarts.
  — Essence, 21 Dec. 2021
• And their mother will promote this business far and wide, using her street smarts to find investors.
  — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
• Still, Arlene seemed to take to the job, which combined her street smarts and business acumen.
  — Sam Quinones, Los Angeles Magazine, 25 Sep. 2017
• It’s used to describe someone with street smarts – resourceful and quick-thinking.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025
• Common sense, street smarts, and positive energy keep me safe.
  — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2018
• Maddy kills Alamo—then somehow uses the street smarts and instincts that have kept her alive this long to walk away clean.
  — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
• Use both book and street smarts to navigate through the cutthroat competition of the business world.
  — Vahe Tirakyan, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• But in this case, the bigger part of the appeal may be watching Buckley work a buyer using bravado and street smarts.
  — Jasper Craven, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• The solution, as noted above, involves viewing Billie as more savvy and street smart than she’s often seen.
  — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2018
• Put your financial ideas and business plans on hold during the first half of January, when your street smarts are on a downhill trend.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 8 Dec. 2020
• Your street smarts and understanding of the ways of the world can put you at the top of the heap in August and September.
  — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 25 June 2020
• Will’s street smarts frequently clash with the country-club values of his family, who, for the most part, seem to have lost touch with their cultural roots.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
• The Nevers will follow the women’s fight against the many powers that be using their street smarts, the fists, and a host of cool steampunk-era gadgets.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2021
• Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving crimes, while teenage Baby relies on her street smarts.
  — Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
• Classes include emotional first-aid skills, street smarts, dealing with death and understanding survivors of tragedy.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Hill’s Catherine is a brash vulgarian with street smarts, whereas Morton’s has been tempered through years of heartache.
  — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
• The average person may not have the street smarts, negotiation skills or the ability to read social cues that this type of work requires.
  — Chloe Meley, refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2021
• But there were several supporters too, saying life skills and street smarts are more important than a college education.
  — oregonlive.com, 19 June 2019
• Get your career, finances or a business situation in order during late November while your street smarts are in high gear.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Every person and system is fallible, but there’s no substitute for instinct and street smarts — can a robot achieve that kind of intelligence?
  — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
• Attack the Block followed Boyega’s Moses, a young gang leader turned local hero who uses his street smarts to fight an alien invasion.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Aug. 2022
• My New York City street smarts were no match for passive-aggressive rumors whispered in the hallways and racist notes tucked into my locker.
  — Kavita Das, Longreads, 29 Jan. 2018
• The Oxford dictionary denotes street smarts as the knowledge and experience to deal with the difficulties and dangers of life in the big city.
  — Jon Michail, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023