How to Use calculated in a Sentence

calculated

adjective

• Hardly anything could be more calculated to provoke the breakdown of trust in a system of law.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Aug. 2020
• The way the officer repeated questions seemed calculated to his ear.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2020
• Everything consumers do now — from shopping to going to a park — is a personal, calculated risk.
  — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 19 June 2020
• The addition of the Knights was a calculated publicity stunt that, to a large degree, worked.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2020
• This calculated move resonated with the parents and allowed naturally large athletes to play in their own age class.
  — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2020
• The round had a scrappy finish, but Dallas put itself in position to win it by making calculated moves.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 18 June 2020
• But true to his free-flowing nature, Johnson didn’t love the calculated turn baseball took with analytics.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2020
• Even then, a night at the theatre felt like a calculated risk: riding the A train, sitting close to strangers in the audience, going out for a post-theatre drink.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
• That Olson brought a calming influence, a classy decorum and a calculated style on his way to becoming one of the great college coaches of all-time.
  — Chad Leistikow, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2020
• Encourage your team to think creatively, take calculated risks and contribute their unique perspectives to the company's growth.
  — Francis Dinha, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• The chance to go ahead rather than tie the game was a risk but a calculated one in McCarthy’s view.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2020
• The body of the mouse leans to a calculated 57-degree angle, which forces your arm to stay straight.
  — Malia Griggs, SELF, 29 Sep. 2020
• So maybe the Browns are taking a calculated risk on that.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2022
• The calculated ploy sent the now-44-year-old on a journey across college football and the NFL.
  — John Marshall, ajc, 23 Dec. 2020
• Even Meghan’s choice of wardrobe seemed calculated to telegraph the message of a new start.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2021
• Was that a calculated decision that now seems to have worked in such a close race?
  — Abc News, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2022
• The shift in genres wasn’t a calculated move for Lee, or even done out of a sense of restlessness.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
• It’s all about calculated risk and just getting the most out of the weekend as possible, and for us, that needs to be a win.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2020
• But the moves DiPoto made were clever and calculated, and improved the offense.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2022
• This, too, is just out of reach at the moment — as the county’s latest calculated case rate stands at 216.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022
• Despite his love of the spotlight, the high priest opted to hang back, a calculated effort to play it cool.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
• But her love for the sport was more of a happy accident than a calculated choice.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
• Kennedy was a shrewd member of the House and Senate, and his calculated rise to power was both swift and historic....
  — Philip Terzian, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2020
• Whether you're caught off guard in the city by your feelings or need to release a calculated howl into the void, these are the best places to escape for a sob.
  — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2022
• The makeup that Halsey did herself was very calculated and well thought out to create these looks.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2021
• Bradley can run and go get it now with the abandonment that always had to be a calculated risk in Boston.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2021
• Quinn is platinum blonde and armed with a smirk that would wilt the most calculated Disney villain.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2020
• The heiress and reality-TV star grinned and threw her arms in the air in a gesture of calculated abandon.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 May 2021
• Those are the kind of calculated risks Watson is willing to take and helps to up his production.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
• Omakase, these days, could use a few more calculated, studied risk takers.
  — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024