How to Use agile in a Sentence

agile

adjective
  • Leopards are very fast and agile.
  • Rumsfeld vowed to make the department leaner and more agile.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Her team is frustrated, and the company is losing market share to more agile competitors.
    Patricia Kennedy, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Prospering in the post-pandemic world will require more agile business leaders who embrace change.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 7 June 2021
  • Organizations must ensure that their short-term plans are agile enough to enable them to react to new and emerging threats and changes in the market.
    Reuven Aronashvili, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • Sales of the agile and incredibly fast Taycan sedan, Porsche's first electric vehicle, are off to a strong start.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 20 June 2021
  • To implement his doctrine, Biden will have to be politically agile.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 9 June 2021
  • She’s become a master of nonverbal communication, using her nimble and agile body to add depth.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Hiring remote employees, freelancers and contractors strengthens your talent pool and helps make your company more agile.
    Yolanda Lau, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • Gutmann discussed that the changing global healthcare landscape requires an agile supply chain able to adjust to the evolving demands of providers, consumers and patients.
    Robert Reiss, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • Large corporate occupiers will be seen downsizing into agile and diverse spaces as well as branching out into hub-and-spoke spaces with more flexible lease terms.
    Joe Brady, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • Leaders who embrace this shift now will be better prepared for future challenges, building organizations that are agile, resilient and ready for whatever comes next.
    Steve Osler, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • This will demonstrate dedication to the organization and your willingness to be flexible and agile.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 1 June 2021
  • Yet, since encryption is such a critical part of cryptocurrencies, there is hope that the community will be more agile than traditional industries on this point.
    Roger Huang, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • By contrast, Vinton had made his mark in the animation industry but had lost out in the high-profile, high-stakes feature film business to more creative and agile competitors.
    oregonlive, 11 June 2021
  • She’s the daughter of the heads of the Omaticaya tribe of Na’vi, and an agile hunter and warrior.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And a team of agile technocrats were on hand to fend off a crisis.
    Paul Sonne, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Teichmann played an agile game at the top of the court, pulling in some of her best points of the match from that point.
    Jayna Bardahl, The Enquirer, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The team is quick, agile and strong with sophomore QB Brady Palmer the leader.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Williams is agile enough to make quick cuts from outside arc to the rim and strong enough to contest big men in the paint.
    Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The strength of Mater Dei’s defense has been its agile, quick linebackers.
    Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The males, who often have white spots where their scales have been rubbed off in clashes, have to be agile.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2022
  • McGee appears to be the most agile and elusive and Cardwell is an all-around back.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021
  • To our surprise, the Rover felt as agile as a supercar.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The agile and versatile senior had caught the eye of Montzingo for quite a while.
    Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 28 June 2021
  • Most people that age are not that agile and would just throw on something.
    Ernie Suggs, ajc, 10 Aug. 2021
  • That should help deliver a smoother ride, if not a more agile one.
    Kyle Schnitzer, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Start small, be scrappy and agile and see how the metrics are trending.
    Raghu Gollamudi, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Filipino boxers are known to be swift, agile, and wily.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 23 July 2021
  • If the goalie is agile enough to deflect it, the impact alone might feel different.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023

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