How to Use competent in a Sentence

competent

adjective

• The defendant was declared competent to stand trial.
• Again, doctors found that Atkins was not competent to stand trial.
  — Meg Kissinger and Steve Schultze, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
• Her case has been placed on an inactive docket until she will be found competent to stand trial.
  — Jessica Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• Still, the state supreme court this month ruled his attorneys had failed to prove that anything has changed since the inmate was deemed competent.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
• The dogs watched the two groups of humans at work and eventually chose to stick by the competent person, hoping for a snack.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
• Once in jail, Copeland underwent a mental health evaluation and was deemed competent.
  — Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
• May an explosion of these films lead to a resurgence of the erotic drama, the domestic thriller, and all variety of dumb-fun movies that are too competent to be ignored.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
• The evidence as presented to the court shows Mr. Corcoran is not competent.
  — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
• Ventevogel said its up to resettlement services and agencies to make sure refugees have culturally competent and accessible health services.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2021
• This guy is three years younger and a lot less competent.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
• Now healthy, Denver has the top seed, a competent roster and one of the best players in the world.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
• More-competent contenders have claimed the issues Trump brought to the fore.
  — Fred Bauer, National Review, 25 July 2022
• Iraola’s lads are a competent side at the back too, and have the fifth-best defence in the league based on their xG against (18.0).
  — Abdul Rehman, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
• Last week, the judge said Daybell had been made competent and the case could go forward.
  — CBS News, 19 Apr. 2022
• Despite the light weight, these are both competent reels.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• In July, the court found the boy competent, according to court records.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• To be culturally competent, Tello said, is to take the time to get to know the client.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2021
• Positives: White is a competent run defender with the size and strength to set the edge.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Missouri fell to Kentucky in Week 2 but appears to be competent on both sides of the ball.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• More than half that year were found competent to stand trial.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
• Miami still needs a competent one, but Smith can pick up some of the targets that would go to a No. 3.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
• But that doesn’t mean the mouse isn’t a competent daily driver.
  — PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
• A lot of soil monitors are more than competent at testing the pH of soil.
  — Karen Hugg, WIRED, 9 Nov. 2022
• Roberts was transferred back to the jail on Feb. 7 after he was found competent to stand trial on Jan. 31.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
• Rebel Ridge manages to hit the low bar of being competent and watchable.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
• For what they’re asked to do, Smythe and Hill are certainly competent.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Detroit’s ground game gives it some hope, but the Ravens have looked far more competent up front than in their secondary.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• When women speak more than their peers, they're seen as less competent.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
• Most of these items are best installed by a competent local shop.
  — Jack Baruth, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
• The son of Trone, now 19 years old, was charged with murder but was later deemed not competent to stand trial.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Jan 2025