How to Use competent in a Sentence

competent

adjective

• The defendant was declared competent to stand trial.
• This guy is three years younger and a lot less competent.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
• Now healthy, Denver has the top seed, a competent roster and one of the best players in the world.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
• More-competent contenders have claimed the issues Trump brought to the fore.
  — Fred Bauer, National Review, 25 July 2022
• Iraola’s lads are a competent side at the back too, and have the fifth-best defence in the league based on their xG against (18.0).
  — Abdul Rehman, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
• Last week, the judge said Daybell had been made competent and the case could go forward.
  — CBS News, 19 Apr. 2022
• The court said Wycoff, now 52, may be retried if he is found competent.
  — Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• Despite the light weight, these are both competent reels.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• In July, the court found the boy competent, according to court records.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• To be culturally competent, Tello said, is to take the time to get to know the client.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2021
• Positives: White is a competent run defender with the size and strength to set the edge.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Missouri fell to Kentucky in Week 2 but appears to be competent on both sides of the ball.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• There was no work on his technique to get him up to a competent NFL level.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
• More than half that year were found competent to stand trial.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
• Miami still needs a competent one, but Smith can pick up some of the targets that would go to a No. 3.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
• But that doesn’t mean the mouse isn’t a competent daily driver.
  — PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
• A lot of soil monitors are more than competent at testing the pH of soil.
  — Karen Hugg, WIRED, 9 Nov. 2022
• Roberts was transferred back to the jail on Feb. 7 after he was found competent to stand trial on Jan. 31.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
• Rebel Ridge manages to hit the low bar of being competent and watchable.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
• For what they’re asked to do, Smythe and Hill are certainly competent.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Detroit’s ground game gives it some hope, but the Ravens have looked far more competent up front than in their secondary.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• When women speak more than their peers, they're seen as less competent.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
• Most of these items are best installed by a competent local shop.
  — Jack Baruth, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
• The son of Trone, now 19 years old, was charged with murder but was later deemed not competent to stand trial.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
• But the judge ruled Michael was competent to stand trial and must remain behind bars.
  — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2022
• What emerged were two cars—the Z4 and the Supra—that are extremely competent in their own right, with marked differences.
  — Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2022
• And in the two-by-two matrix of men and women being warm and not warm and competent and not competent.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
• And part of those resources are just having a competent staff around me, and a group of guys that are able to be culture enhancers.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2024
• How can a completely competent and successful Black woman showcase her knowledgeable prowess: dress the part.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
• Deploying a competent defense behind them is mandatory — a cause Walker will only help.
  — Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025