How to Use intelligent in a Sentence

intelligent

adjective

• He's a hard worker but he's not very intelligent.
• She asked some intelligent questions.
• There was a kind of sense of intelligent nostalgia in there.
  — Jeff Conway, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• The women in my community are very intelligent, very feisty.
  — New York Times, 16 May 2022
• Rojer was a very intelligent, hard-working and helpful person.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 25 May 2022
• For me, the thing that really blew me away was just how meticulous, intelligent, and on top of everything Megan is.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 8 June 2022
• The Photos app now has a more intelligent search, which can understand natural language.
  — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
• My deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 2 June 2022
• Now about Oscar night: my deepest hope is that these two intelligent capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 2 June 2022
• Their ultimate goal is to start a dialogue with intelligent extraterrestrial beings, no matter how far in the future that happens.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 2022
• By all accounts a kind, keenly intelligent, and sensitive man, Varney made his fortune pretending to be a complete idiot.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 21 May 2022
• And the intelligent man on the street is going to say that’s a bunch of baloney.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2017
• The intelligent man on the street is going to say that’s a bunch of baloney.
  — Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2017
• That is a book about the caracara, which is a very intelligent bird.
  — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• The poor, some experts say, are less intelligent than the rich.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• Then again, even intelligent aliens might be too busy or too shy to send messages to the stars.
  — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 10 Sep. 2020
• Native to the West Coast, the playful and intelligent creatures can live for up to 30 years.
  — Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
• She was thought of as being one of the most intelligent people of that time.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 June 2024
• And so, who would have thought that that leads to something that could be called intelligent?
  — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2023
• The intelligent way to be selfish is to work for the welfare of others.
  — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
• People were very sweet, very open, and there’s a lot of film lovers there who are very intelligent.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• But not even the most intelligent can solve that equation.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2017
• Why do some of the world’s most intelligent people sign on for a lifetime of pipetting?
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
• Maybe not just more intelligent, but maybe even more wise.
  — Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• These jays are intelligent and are known to slip through treetops to rob nests of other birds.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
• Kitty was intelligent, but known to have a sharp tongue.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 July 2023
• No proper, intelligent attempt was made to ‘live with’ the virus.
  — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 21 Sep. 2020
• Zuri is intelligent, feisty and easy to train, Simpson said.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
• Icy is intelligent, friendly and driven by the need for speed.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
• Hayley is gorgeous, intelligent, charming, witty and the new fiancée of Dani Dupree’s ex-husband, Bill Hamilton.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024