ASTUTE in a Sentence
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13 example sentences for ASTUTE, such as:
1. It was a pretty astute deduction.
2. A good leader must be an astute judge of ability.
3. He is a very honest and at the same time astute man.
4. He had become a practical man himself and an amazingly astute and powerful one, a master.
5. But this astute and practical man was almost an idiot when left alone to his own emotional life.
2. A good leader must be an astute judge of ability.
3. He is a very honest and at the same time astute man.
4. He had become a practical man himself and an amazingly astute and powerful one, a master.
5. But this astute and practical man was almost an idiot when left alone to his own emotional life.
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Meanings and Examples of ASTUTE
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astute
a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
Classic Sentence:
1 He had become a practical man himself and an amazingly astute and powerful one, a master.
2 But this astute and practical man was almost an idiot when left alone to his own emotional life.
3 He is a very honest and at the same time astute man.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 3 The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 3 The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
4 It struck me that so astute a man as Straker would not undertake this delicate tendon-nicking without a little practice.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
5 Thenardier, who was, above all, an astute and well-balanced man, was a scamp of a temperate sort.
6 He was moderately reassured, however, by the aspect of that countenance, full of astute intelligence and affected humility.
7 He had the dull man's unexpected flashes of astuteness, and Lily could not help joining in the laugh with which he had pounced on the truth.
8 In his singular character the dual nature alternately asserted itself, and his extreme exactness and astuteness represented, as I have often thought, the reaction against the poetic and contemplative mood which occasionally predominated in him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
9 His blade of human knowledge, natural astuteness particularised by long association with cases in the police courts, had been tempered by brief immersions in the waters of general philosophy.
10 No mention of that local hunt, Watson," said Holmes with a mischievous smile, "but a country doctor, as you very astutely observed.
Example Sentence:
1 A good leader must be an astute judge of ability.
2 It was a pretty astute deduction.
3 The painter was an astute observer, noticing every tiny detail of her model's appearance and knowing exactly how important each one was.