How to Use ingenuity in a Sentence

ingenuity

noun

• She showed amazing ingenuity in finding ways to cut costs.
• It will take considerable ingenuity to fix these problems.
• Through a series of installations, Kéré shows off African ingenuity and slays some myths along the way.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 14 July 2022
• Having ascended thanks to the ingenuity of humankind, the rawdogger now rises above the very idea of ascent.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
• The rage at the failure and corruption of a ruling elite has been matched by generosity and ingenuity to prevent complete collapse and anarchy.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• By 1993, Lee’s ingenuity had paid off with a QVC deal and infomercials.
  — Erin Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
• The result was a viral collection that communicated boldly that a new era—one in which Black women were at the fore of ingenuity—was on the horizon.
  — Mia Uzzell, Glamour, 27 July 2022
• The answers hinge on ingenuity, daring, and resourcefulness.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2022
• Where there's a will, there's a way, because human beings certainly have the ingenuity, the bravery, the ability to show compassion, to sacrifice.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2022
• Ad industry leaders agreed that AI will supplement, not supplant, human ingenuity.
  — Patrick Coffee, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
• Greater efficiency while still allowing for human ingenuity?
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 18 July 2024
• What Kids Like: Kevin's ingenuity saves the day and puts the baddies away.
  — Suelain Moy, Parents, 14 June 2024
• The Padres are in a far better spot to win because of the ingenuity Preller has flashed.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
• Use your ingenuity and charm to get others to do things for you.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
• In the meantime, 2022 taught us that deals can still get done with some ingenuity.
  — Damian Garde, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• Our goal was to connect to the ingenuity and history of the Louis Vuitton brand.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Once the lots are sold, how clients get their whisky home—and past customs—can involve some ingenuity.
  — Time, 27 Dec. 2022
• This comes down to erring on the side of ingenuity, entrepreneurship and sheer hustle.
  — Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune, 13 July 2023
• Nothing pops for me; the sandwich feels weighed down by its own ingenuity.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
• The researchers were startled by the ingenuity of the A.I. system’s answer.
  — Cade Metz, New York Times, 16 May 2023
• But through some good old-fashioned ingenuity, the tree — which can live up to 1,000 years — found its way to the vivarium.
  — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2022
• Hartford — There are stories of courage and ingenuity to be shared.
  — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022
• In the next few years, we will be perceived more as the nation of brawn and bombs than ingenuity and innovation.
  — TIME, 9 Jan. 2024
• His favorite thing these days is to give tours of the museum to children, who are wide-eyed over the ingenuity on display.
  — Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2022
• Look for unique ways to approach work, and your peers will acknowledge you for your ingenuity.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
• These simple tasty pleasures are part of our lives thanks in large part to the ingenuity of Black inventors.
  — Dorkys Ramos, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2023
• The story of Graham Jackson is a timeless tale of American ingenuity, hard work and the cream rising to the top.
  — David Cason, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2023
• In the past few decades, however, downtown LA and the east side have become the white-hot cradles of culinary ingenuity.
  — Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2023
• With no one to lean on for help, their success depends solely on their own ingenuity, skills, and will to survive.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• As a record of bravery and ingenuity in the face of organized terror, the book is invaluable.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024