How to Use agile in a Sentence

agile

adjective
  • Leopards are very fast and agile.
  • Cox took the piece at an agile tempo, drawing a light and zingy sound from the orchestra.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Which is why retailers need to be agile and plan for everything.
    Daniel Newman, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Winman has perfected a style as comfortable and agile as the greetings and anecdotes these old friends have traded for years.
    Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Health systems and health leaders are capable of agile transformation when faced with a big challenge.
    Tom Lawry, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • But today, the market requires managers to be agile and skilled at dealing with uncertainty.
    Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Each benefits from the agile and nuanced performances of robust casts that feature some of the area’s finest performers.
    Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Starnone has earned a reader’s trust with another agile analysis of frail humanity.
    Steven G. Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
  • But, while remaining flexible and agile in your decision making, don’t let this be an excuse to respond to your emotions.
    Matthew Lepre, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Learning how a company adapted during the pandemic can show how agile and empathetic leadership can be, said Cohen.
    Kathryn Vasel, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021
  • What many don’t realise is that network is a precursor to digital transformation, and that traditional networks are no longer agile enough to manage the current demand.
    Song Toh, Quartz, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Companies can also pivot quickly in response to unforeseen market changes because they’re built on digitally resilient and agile systems.
    Jon Roskill, Forbes, 10 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • To our surprise, the Rover felt as agile as a supercar.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • If the goalie is agile enough to deflect it, the impact alone might feel different.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Rahim is an agile and clever host, always ready with a follow-up question that hits the mark.
    Laura Jane Standley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The 214-million-year-old skull of Coelophysis, an agile hunter that walked on two legs, spent about nine days in space.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The agile Duarte’s leaps and turns, as Chinese, are flanked by two adorable dragon puppets.
    Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Her warm, agile vocal brings a note of grace to the song’s devil-may-care atmosphere.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 May 2023
  • Wish that Yamamoto will be like David; who was small, agile, a quick thinker … and had a great throwing arm.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The second is a cyclocopter which can hover stably and is agile in the air.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Full-bodied yet agile and fresh with a fine tannin structure that runs the length of the wine and goes on forever.
    Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2022
  • There was no debate, however, whether the Navigator was agile.
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024

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