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How to use acuity in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Acuity means sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc. Example: “The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.”

Examples of acuity by meaning

nounThe ability to think, see, or hear clearly.

  • The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.

More sentences with acuity

  • Segal said another characteristic of Trump’s questionable mental acuity is confabulation.2025 August 3, Adam Gabbatt, quoting Harry Segal, “‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on…. From the entry confabulation
  • Acuity and hyperacuity are now used as the terms applied to the limits, respectively, of resolution and localization.2009, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume V, Oxford Academic Press. From the entry hyperacuity
  • We use sunspot group observations from the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) to investigate the effects of intercalibrating data from observers with different visual acuities.2015, M. Lockwood, M.J Owens, L. Barnard, I.G. Usoskin, “Tests of sunspot number sequences: 3. Effects of regression procedures on the…. From the entry intercalibrating
  • Dogma drunkens the Spirit, and while we indulge in our stupor, it robs us of our innate Spiritually Divine and Creative acuity . . .2011, William Peters, Good Morning my Beloved Family, page 31. From the entry drunken
  • When this is completed, rotate the cylinder cell 90° and, using the cylinder lenses this time, unfog the patient again till best acuity is reached.1975, The Journal of Optometry: An Independent Review of Visual Science. From the entry unfog
  • These temporal bone anomalies are accompanied by a wide range of hearing acuity, varying degrees of progression of hearing loss, and the presence or absence of related nonotological anomalies.2015 July 5, Micol Busi et al., “Cochlear Implant Outcomes and Genetic Mutations in Children with Ear and Brain Anomalies”, in BioMed…. From the entry nonotological
  • Posterior pars plana vitrectomy with concomitant zonulectomy and capsulectomy seems to be efficacious as far as IOP control, post-op visual acuity, and reduction of medications are concerned.2015 August 12, Marek Rękas, Karolina Krix-Jachym, Tomasz Żarnowski, “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Surgical Treatment of Malignant…. From the entry zonulectomy
  • "In the Memory of the Forest" is remarkable for the acuity of its moral vision and the vivacity of its language; what makes it extraordinary is its persuasive hopefulness.1997 April 13, Ken Kalfus, “The Disappeared”, in The New York Times. From the entry hopefulness
  • In discussing these observations they suggested that the precibal increase in olfactory acuity may be a measure for the intensity of the sensation of satiety afforded by the ingested food.1955, Gunnar Holmgren, Acta Oto-laryngologica, volume 45, page 86. From the entry precibal

Meaning of acuity

  1. noun Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
  2. noun The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.

Full definition of acuity

Questions about acuity in a sentence

How do you use acuity in a sentence?
Acuity is used as a noun. For example: “The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.”
What is a short sentence with acuity?
“The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.”
What does acuity mean?
Acuity means sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

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