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Sentences starting with clever

Clever business man, Ferguson. [9]
Clever people, eh? [2]

Sentences ending with clever

It is that you do not choose to understand--you are far too clever. [9]
They had not yet had a loud conversation among the men and a dispute about something important and clever. [2]
Even those who thought him a snob said he was clever. [4]
And he was said to be so well educated and clever. [2]
And P'tite Louison's opinion was accepted instantly as final, with satisfied nods on the part of all the brothers, and whispers of "How clever! [11]
In the general opinion he was a downright good fellow and amazingly clever. [4]
At this the old sage murmured loud enough to be heard: "Clever, very clever! [10]
He is very kind and very strong, and not too ragingly clever. [11]
Was she really, in some way, a little bit clever? [11]
Why try to hold him by a spurious bond when there are other men as good-looking, as clever? [11]

Short sentences using clever

Oh, you clever, wonderful Jasmine! [11]
How clever she was! [4]
But Noel was clever. [5]
She is very clever. [4]
It was a clever campaign. [9]
Have you clever assistants? [10]
She is clever as clever. [4]
But clever men are trying. [11]
He's awfully clever. [9]
He's clever. [9]

Sentences containing clever two or more times

He is not yet in thy power, however, and I advise thee to remember, that though thou mayst be clever for an Egyptian, Phanes is a clever Greek. [10]
It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be. [11]
It was the Syrian Philostratus, a clever extempore speaker and agitator of the people, who placed his clever tongue at the disposal of the highest bidder. [10]
She was clever, and liked a clever man, and he--! [11]

More example sentences with the word clever in them

You're clever, and you're crafty, and you've a way with you. [11]
You are young, you are rich, you are clever, you are well educated. [2]
No clever man with the instinct of a highway robber could fail to notice what a chance for business was here offered. [5]
He joined forces with Puss in making clever fun of the booby Dutch, which Stephen was wise enough to take good-naturedly. [9]
And he's clever with his hands he bought an old abandoned farmhouse in Silliston and made it all over himself until it looks as if one of our great-great-grandfathers had just stepped out of it to shoot an Indian only much prettier. [9]
He is a wise and clever fellow. [2]
Some day I will make a hit, and everybody will ask, 'Who is this daring, clever Olin Brad? [4]
True, his clever wife shared her husband's enthusiasm, and both understood how to attract the right advisers. [10]
When the Regent, who had been a friend of her late husband, removed into the palace of the Pharaohs, he made her advances, and the clever and decided woman knew how to make herself at first agreeable, and finally indispensable, to the vacillating man. [10]
You are clever when you like to be. [11]
These verbal battles were one of the greatest pleasures of the Alexandrians, and they greeted every clever turn of speech with shouts of applause, every word which displeased them with groans, hisses, and cat-calls. [10]
Our dear countess was too clever with Vera," said the count. [2]
What the general was saying was even more clever and to the point, but it was evident that Kutuzov despised knowledge and cleverness, and knew of something else that would decide the matter--something independent of cleverness and knowledge. [2]
When the sixty-first was heard, there was great rejoicing, for then they knew that the duchess had borne a son; when, however, another shot followed the one hundred and first, a clever advocate suggested that perhaps there were two princesses. [10]
It would be very difficult to find a really clever "situation" in Cooper's books, and still more difficult to find one of any kind which he has failed to render absurd by his handling of it. [5]
Jacko was a very clever little animal, and behaved, in all respects, with propriety. [4]
In 1850 a very clever gentleman by the name of Thompson Campbell, a personal friend of Judge Douglas and myself, a political friend of Judge Douglas and opponent of mine, was a candidate for Congress in the Galena District. [7]
Tige is a very clever dog, and aids us greatly. [5]
Who would have ventured to apply this motet to the brave and clever Saxon, high as he, too, towered above most of his peers? [10]
Mr. Brad was undoubtedly clever, and was down as a bright young man in the list of those who employed talent which was not dulled by conscientious scruples. [4]
She had remained undisturbed, and it was a pleasure to Archibius to give the faithful, clever freedwoman an account of the matter with his own lips. [10]
Satan said his uncle entertained a great deal, and to have a clever woman presiding over the festivities would double the attractions of the place. [5]
She was making two hooks for her kitchen wall, for she was clever at the forge, and could shoe a horse if she were let to do so. [11]
Langmaid, if the truth be told, found himself for the moment in the unusual predicament of being at a loss, for the rector had put forward with more or less precision the very cynical view which he himself had been clever enough to evolve. [9]
He had come to settle up accounts for a clever piece of court-room work on the part of Burlingame. [11]
There's no difference to me 'twixt making your feet handy and clever and full of music, and playing with your fingers on the piano or on a melodeon at a meeting. [11]
The book seems to me clever, interesting, very amusing, and likely to please generally. [14]
He was competent to fill his clever father's place in every respect. [10]
He merely wished to enlighten Mrs. Callendar, who said he was very original, and quite clever at history. [11]
Mrs. Clymer Ketchum, though her acquaintances were chiefly in the world of fortune and of fashion, had yet a certain weakness for what she called clever people. [6]
And he was thinking, "What a confoundedly clever woman Mrs. Cortlandt is! [4]
Another says clever things and one doesn't care to listen, but this one talks rubbish yet stirs an old fellow up. [2]
He was a thick-set man of middle height, with a large head, and clever but coarse features, as rudely moulded as if they had been carved from wood. [10]
They did everything they could think of to comfort him, but nothing succeeded until Wells-Fargo Ferguson, who is a clever strategist, said: "If it's only Sherlock Holmes that's troubling you, you needn't worry any more. [5]
So many of these gentlemen arose in the different states, and they were so clever, and they found so many chinks in the Constitution to crawl through and steal the people's chestnuts, that the Era may be called the Boss-Era. [9]
Existing conditions presented themselves, and it occurred to him that there were crevices in the town system, and ways into power through the crevices for men clever enough to find them. [9]
The babe and the suckling had found the way so simple, so natural; and it was a comforting way, for he had a deep and tender regard for this quaint, clever waif who had drifted across his path. [11]
Els then entered the sick-chamber, but Biberli put his hand under his sweetheart's chin, bent her head back gently, and said: "Now you see how Biberli and other clever people manage. [10]
She came with the reputation of being "smart," as we should have called it, clever as we say nowadays. [6]
He said that the iron hand which was made for him afterward, and which he wore for more than half a century, was nearly as clever a member as the fleshy one had been. [5]
Perhaps I'll tell the good clever woman some day and let her help me, if she can. [11]
This circumstance favored the efforts of the citizens trying to extinguish the fire, but Balbilla ascribed it to the foresight of her clever friend when the flames subsided in souse places and in others were altogether extinguished. [10]
Els had forgiven the clever fellow the more willingly the more consoling became the tidings he brought her from her betrothed bridegroom. [10]
This letter, too, the base robber of a crown read aloud, called it a clever bit of feminine strategy, and rubbed his hands gleefully. [10]
Do you think that was clever of me? [11]
I do believe that Monsieur Doltaire would rather hear a clever thing than get ten thousand francs. [11]
He also remarks that Monsieur Doltaire has reputation for being one of the most reckless, clever, and cynical men in France. [11]
Music and poetry, that had elevated her soul, clever conversation, that had developed her mind, were not to be found here. [10]
Don't you think that a bright, clever woman, especially if she were pretty, would have an advantage with judge and jury? [4]
He was enormously tall, handsome, amiable as Frenchmen are, and was, as all Moscow said, an extraordinarily clever doctor. [2]
The lad was still living with his mother under the rich widow's roof, and only spent his working days at the governor's house, he was industrious and clever during office hours, though between whiles he busied himself with things altogether foreign to his future calling. [10]
He let him spring upon him, threw him to the ground, let him once more rush upon him, and then kissed his clever head. [10]
This clever, warmhearted soldier understood the Italians and their struggle for unity and freedom, and judged them so justly and therefore favorably, that he often aroused the courteous opposition of his younger comrades. [10]
We are never so clever as when we have to find excuses for our own sins. [10]
And he is so clever and so good! [2]
You know I should chafe at being reminded daily of my own stupidity by a very clever man. [11]
The only time she ever cared to listen-- at school, though quick and clever, she had never cared for the printed page--was when, by chance, poetry or verses were read or recited. [11]
She infused a sense of well-being; and ordinary people, in her presence, surprised themselves by saying clever things. [9]
What would have seemed difficult or even impossible to another woman did not cause the least embarrassment to Countess Bezukhova, who evidently deserved her reputation of being a very clever woman. [2]
Give me that scrap of papyrus; I shall put it in the case, and write upon it: "'These were packed for king Rameses by his daughter's clever helpmate, the wife of Mena. [10]
You find yourself saying, perhaps, What a very clever fellow the author is! [4]
But I must say I think it was awfully clever of you to get hold of her and save Trixy's reputation. [9]
Already, for the sake of the good cause, he devoted himself with the utmost zeal to the task of convincing Althea; she, however, did not make it an easy one, but presented clever arguments against his assertions. [10]
Three several persons remarked, without suspecting what clever shots they were making: "It's as if they'd come into property. [5]
That clever head remains on your shoulders only as long as they choose. [10]
Such a clever rascal must play for higher stakes. [9]
The English will put up with anybody who has a few million dollars, and I don't deny that Abby's good-looking, and clever in her way. [9]
If it were possible to generalize in this way, we might say that Carmen had neither conscience nor soul, simply very clever reason. [4]
One is clever pestered by a beggar or a peddler in this town, so far as I can see. [5]
Oh, you clever people," said a third manly voice interrupting them both. [2]
They're not clever or bold enough to do their job skilfully. [11]
It was not only jealousy which showed him this young, clever, brave, and extremely ambitious prince in a more unfavourable light than before. [10]
This transformation was only a clever trick of acting, nothing more. [10]
Once I worked one of those imaginary reporters up into such prominence for his clever astuteness that my boss was taken in, and asked me to send for him and give him a show on the paper. [4]
It was clever of him; nobody believed he could tell the truth that way without practice, or would tell that particular sort of a truth either with or without practice. [5]
India was full of clever men with the highwayman instinct, and so, quite naturally, the brotherhood of the Thugs came into being to meet the long-felt want. [5]
The young Bishop of Arras was also an extremely fine-looking man, whose clever brain and bright, penetrating glance harmonized with his great intellect and his position. [10]
But he did not press his opinions upon Fielding, who was an able administrator and a very clever fellow also, with a genial habit of believing in people who served him: and that is bad in the Orient. [11]
Then you are not as clever as I thought you. [9]
This clever woman never showed more courage or more tact than in this campaign, and was never more agreeable and fascinating. [4]
He was called Nemu, or "the dwarf," and his sharp tongue made him much feared, though he was a favorite, for he passed for a very clever fellow and was a good tale-teller. [10]
That--(here insert entertainer's name) is clever, witty, wise, brilliant,--and the rest. [6]
There's something on my mind I would like to discuss with the clever house-keeper, nay, I ought to say the mistress of this house, and faithful guardian of its only daughter. [10]
Luke Freeman--that was my friend's name-- was an artist and a clever one. [11]
How deeply rooted must have been the faithlessness of this clever hypocrite, if the mere news that his brother loved some one else could not only destroy all her powers of dissimulation, but actually deprive her of consciousness! [10]
In a word, Mr Swiveller kept the Marchioness at this establishment until she was, at a moderate guess, full nineteen years of age-- good-looking, clever, and good-humoured; when he began to consider seriously what was to be done next. [12]
At the same moment his horse leaped upward with all four feet at once, tossed its clever head convulsively, and sank on its knees. [10]
He had a mighty opinion of that clever device. [5]
You are clever men, but you are building up monopolies which we propose to stop. [9]
A clever elderly man, the sapper, or Sabuim, already mentioned--I think I never heard his real name--instructed us in the trades of the book binder and cabinet-maker. [10]
Roland, my fore man, such imprudence is like a cudgel, against which one can do nothing with Florentine rapiers, clever tierce and quarto. [10]
The sham old man, however, was so clever at making way for the damsel, whose face and form were effectually screened by her kerchief from the passers-by, that Alexander had no opportunity for offering her his aid, or proving his devotion by some gallant act. [10]
He's a clever man, and if he hasn't got a list of Dalton Street property now he'll have one by to-morrow, and the story of some of your transactions with Tom Beatty and the City Council. [9]
When a man looks distinguished and is clever, and knows how to please if he likes, he cannot help having a career, unless he is afraid to take the chances. [4]
But she soon looked up again, fixed her eyes on Paula's face with a sparkling, determined glance, and frankly and unhesitatingly exclaimed: "And you?--In spite of it all he is so handsome, so clever, so manly. [10]
The thick waving locks curled in dishevelled masses around his handsome head, as leaning far back in his chair with unfastened collar, he mingled clever sallies and brilliant similes with the quiet conversation of the others. [10]
A strange, eager light sparkled in this man's clever eyes, and a subtle smile hovered around his moustached lip, as he called to the musician: "What has happened here, Meister Wilhelm? [10]
The clever man knows Rome, Octavianus, and those who surround him, so he was chosen as an envoy. [10]
I do not know why, but I suppose it is to keep adventurers from some day claiming that they invented it, and not Mrs. Eddy and that "strange Providence" that has suggested so many clever things to her. [5]
I want to know what these clever people are thinking, even if I don't always agree with them, and you ought to read them too. [9]

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