How to Use ingenious in a Sentence

ingenious

adjective
  • The book has an ingenious plot.
  • It was ingenious of him to arrange the schedule so precisely.
  • She was ingenious at finding ways to work more quickly.
  • Davis, like Haynes, comes up with ingenious ways to fill the void.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The bank keeps coming up with ingenious ways to screw over customers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
  • And one new ingenious piece of outdoor kit shows where all that fire-side thinking can lead you.
    — Simon Heptinstall december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
  • One thing is for sure, there's no shortage of ingenious and stylish ways to rock the leopard look.
    — Gianluca Russo, Teen Vogue, 14 Oct. 2018
  • The physics behind these tags is simple but ingenious.
    — New Atlas, 2 May 2026
  • My district is home to some of the most creative and ingenious people around.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Your body has an ingenious three-part strategy to keep you out of the junkyard.
    — Dan Levitt, Time, 21 Jan. 2023
  • These inexpensive and ingenious gloves are a great way to bond with your cat.
    — Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Clams and mussels are foraged in many ways, and some are truly ingenious.
    — Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Others have had to find more ingenious ways to oppose Macron.
    — Gregory Viscusi, Bloomberg.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • With a tasty seasoning and coconut lime dip, the ingenious side dish will win your kids over in no time.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • With a tasty seasoning and coconut lime dip, the ingenious side dish will win your kids over in no time.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • Even great and ingenious things, like the first flying machine on Mars.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Even more ingenious, the eye-catching, billowing roofs are not just for show.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2022
  • For a cold-hearted liar, Cherry is not that ingenious.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Chiarella has come up with an ingenious premise that is as twisted as it is thought-provoking.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • If the whole series is as ingenious and compelling, this translation should be the first of many.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Still, Strindberg’s three-part structure, with its bear-trap teeth, is too ingenious to mess with.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • The first act sets up the ingenious second act and the third act rewards with its many funny callbacks to act one.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • Tap or click for more ingenious ways to use AirTags and Tile trackers.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Along with the above two Anker chargers, the 633 is the most ingenious of them.
    — Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2022
  • But there was no bigger crowd pleaser than Atkin's ingenious answer to to the hair thing.
    — Lauren Valenti, Marie Claire, 14 June 2016
  • These partnerships are the first of their kind, merging the worlds of fashion and film in an ingenious new way.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2020
  • What may seem somewhat pointless to anyone who loves to play with a rainbow of shades is, to me, ingenious.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Click through for a full gallery of photos of this ingenious Defender.
    — Bob Poole, Car and Driver, 8 June 2023
  • Carney shoots the scene where Rick discovers this in an ingenious way.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Does Danny have an ingenious plan to pull off a heist of $32 million?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2022

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