How to Use incisive in a Sentence

incisive

adjective

• She's known for her incisive mind and quick wit.
• At the same time, Davis writes angular, incisive vocal lines in the mid-century modernist tradition.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
• Her sense of humor is as refreshing as her incisive observations on this feisty rendition of low-brow TV.
  — Ed Stockly, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
• Weir turned the game on its head in the second-half and provided a significant threat to the United goal with some sharp, incisive runs and neat footwork in and around the box.
  — SI.com, 7 Sep. 2019
• Harris has already built a name for herself as a fierce public speaker in the Senate, where she’s gone viral for taking Trump cronies to task in an inimitably incisive fashion.
  — Lily Herman, refinery29.com, 30 June 2019
• Concise, incisive instruction, possibly presented in FAQs format, should be just one click away for all users of all of the platforms, all of the time.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2019
• Trailing 2-0 at the break, Minnesota were incisive immediately in the second half.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 27 Aug. 2019
• Of course, the coach loves nothing more than clever, incisive passing, and that is the Spaniard's forte.
  — SI.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• That’s the kind of incisive statement that opens the door, but the series as a whole declines to walk through it.
  — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• It seems carved rather than molded, with hints of both the delicate and the incisive.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2020
• McVay has no incisive answers on what the Rams must to do break through.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2022
• But perhaps more incisive than the statement itself is the way it is phrased.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2020
• Perry had an incisive mind and was careful not to step on toes.
  — Luke Broadwater Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• This is what makes The Book of Goose demand a careful, incisive reading.
  — Sarah Chihaya, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
• Come for the sharp, incisive analysis, stay for the banter.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 16 May 2023
• The first opportunity came on the hour mark after Doku's incisive run and pass found De Bruyne, who squared the ball across the face of goal.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 2 July 2021
• One of the strongest features of the book is Goldberg’s incisive takedown of populism.
  — Daniel Griswold, National Review, 15 Sep. 2020
• The rapper Noname, who was born and brought up in Chicago, is one of our boldest and most incisive critics.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• Memes are made funny and incisive not just by their content but by their context.
  — Zak Jason, Wired, 21 May 2021
• At every stop, teammates and coaches spoke of his talent — he was named an All-Star nine times — and incisive knowledge of the game.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
• In that time, its voice moved from snarky to incisive (often both at once) and the scope of its coverage adapted to meet the current moment.
  — Maria Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2024
• One of the most incisive themes is the mashup of art, performance and politics in that volatile decade, the messy aftermath of the awful Reagan era.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
• Gorsuch is too distinctive and incisive a voice as a writer and legal thinker to fake it.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
• Her use of line became even more virtuosic, from skittery incisive marks to thick, juicy loops and swirls.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 3 Apr. 2022
• Krause also wants to keep the work of Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of our most incisive analysts on the issue of race in America, out of the hands of our kids.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2022
• In this incisive essay at Guernica, Traci Brimhall explores the human need to create art in a bid to process death and loss.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2021
• Gabrielle Korn has always had a knack for asking the most incisive questions.
  — Gabrielle Korn, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2021
• She’s a brilliant, incisive woman who, at every step of the way, has been a real partner and challenges me to be a better man.
  — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• The series goes to some dark places in its exploration of the human condition, but always with an incisive wit that makes the series endlessly watchable.
  — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
• With her dark humor and incisive style, Kolbert covers an impressive range of topics that both inform and inspire.
  — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024