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.
• The ingenious design of the Loop Earplugs help do the trick.
  — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• Along with the above two Anker chargers, the 633 is the most ingenious of them.
  — Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2022
• My district is home to some of the most creative and ingenious people around.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2022
• Even great and ingenious things, like the first flying machine on Mars.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
• Peele’s ingenious idea is to use that instinct against us.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2022
• Instead of grains, these ingenious crunchy O’s are made with a trio of legumes: navy beans, lentils and chickpeas.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
• Your body has an ingenious three-part strategy to keep you out of the junkyard.
  — Dan Levitt, Time, 21 Jan. 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
• Click through for a full gallery of photos of this ingenious Defender.
  — Bob Poole, Car and Driver, 8 June 2023
• That’s where the ingenious idea of using a pantry ingredient most of us already have on hand comes in: rice.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2023
• This does-it-all tote from Dagne Dover has an ingenious design to help keep you organized.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 Dec. 2022
• Even more ingenious, the eye-catching, billowing roofs are not just for show.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2022
• Now, a company in the UK has come up with an ingenious way to help people from around the world get over their exes by sending them straight to the scrap heap.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2024
• The Dutch talent for ingenious design is on vivid display here.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
• Some have come up with ingenious ways to kill — poisoning with nicotine or eye drops.
  — Dena Goldstein, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2023
• Ole's son Godtfred was the one who came up with the ingenious interlocking design in 1958, which hasn't changed since.
  — Roy Schwartz, CNN, 18 June 2022
• Cesar and Lowis’s white neighbors felt that the abduction of their friends was unfair and devised an ingenious scheme to get them back from the slavers.
  — Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 1 July 2022
• Whether at the park, in the backseat, or on a long walk, this lightweight bottle never spills with its ingenious lock and button closure.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Dec. 2022
• Could more of the industry swing towards doing business in this old school-meets-ingenious way?
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Oct. 2022
• At the time of his death, Brace was gaining traction as an ingenious guide for emerging comedy stars.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• Bravo, in a truly ingenious move, placed each and every one of its viewers in the role of a detective sniffing out clues.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2023
• Elsa builds in the mountains and the ingenious costume design for the reindeer character Sven.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2023
• Homemakers found ingenious ways to make do with what was available.
  — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• But Deligne had wronged him through an ingenious piece of mathematics.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
• From smart gadgets to ingenious storage, these picks will make their university life smoother, smarter, and a lot more fun.
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Woman's Day, 31 Aug. 2023
• One of their first – and most ingenious – creations was Cereal Milk Ice Cream, which needs no description – just a spoon.
  — Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 3 June 2022
• Nazariy has taken to telling his mother about ingenious escape plans.
  — Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024