How to Use incisive in a Sentence

incisive

adjective

• She's known for her incisive mind and quick wit.
• But perhaps more incisive than the statement itself is the way it is phrased.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2020
• Of course, the coach loves nothing more than clever, incisive passing, and that is the Spaniard's forte.
  — SI.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• Gabriel Jesus latched onto an incisive through-ball, the striker baring down on goal.
  — SI.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• The work is incisive and full of rightful despair, while making of whimsy a wonderfully barbed weapon.
  — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
• Bong accomplishes that partly through his incisive script.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2019
• 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
• Jonathan Blitzer has an incisive examination of why Trump has a chance with many of these voters in this week’s magazine.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2019
• Over the past 20 years, the museum has shown daring, imagination, incisive scholarship, and flair.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2020
• Subscribe to get irreverent and incisive sports stories, delivered to your mailbox every morning.
  — Andy Nesbitt, For The Win, 13 Jan. 2020
• This Macbeth is an exceptionally incisive take, edited down to an hour and 40 minutes with no intermission.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 2 Nov. 2019
• Burr describes his wife’s exhaustion with his attempts to defend Elvis, recites her incisive breakdown of why Elvis is worthy of criticism, and then exhales.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2019
• The story of a family of small-time con artists and grifters who become entangled with a wealthy businessman, his wife and their children was praised as a twisty thriller that had incisive things to say about income inequality.
  — NBC News, 13 Jan. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Chu’s comments about the rest of his TCM Picks are similarly incisive.
  — Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
• These days, a lot of the most incisive political comedy — and the best impressions — aren’t happening on TV.
  — Michael Levitt, NPR, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024