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• He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.From the entry obstinacy
• Stands out brightly above other thrillers for originality, ingenuity, local color and unputdownableness.2009, David Downie, quoting Barbara Bray, Paris City of Night: A Novel of Suspense, Skokie, Ill.: MEP, →ISBN, praise page. From the entry unputdownableness
• The Car-Sleeper is a British Railways ingenuity that has caught the Continental fancy.1962 July, Marcus Newman, “By Car-Sleeper to Switzerland”, in Modern Railways, page 48. From the entry car-sleeper
• Again he reflected on the efficiency of these people and the ingenuity of the equipment they used.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Crawling of the Skin”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 112. From the entry resourcefulness
• I had a suspicion that Stephanie's native ingenuity rather fizzled there.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry fizzle
• Yes, and we built those dams with ingenuity and brawn and, of course, piles and piles of dead Irish.2015 March 1, “Infrastructure”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 4, John Oliver (actor), via HBO. From the entry Irish
• In their eyes, shnorring was their true calling, a profession they created for themselves through a combination of persistence and ingenuity.2008, Stanley J. Schachter, Laugh for God's Sake: Where Jewish Humor and Jewish Ethics Meet. From the entry shnor
• His natural ingenuity took him into nonmotorcycle areas as well.2003, A. Lindsay Brooke, Triumph motorcycles: a century of passion and power. From the entry nonmotorcycle
• He had enjoyed a Tom Sawyeresque childhood and learned that hard work and ingenuity paid handsome monetary rewards.2003, William B. Friedricks, chapter 1, in In for the Long Haul: The Life of John Ruan, University of Iowa Press, published 2010, →ISBN…. From the entry Tom Sawyeresque
• So much for the effort and ingenuity of Montmartre.1931, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited. From the entry dissipate
• Jeanne Due's ingenuity has sent the most remarkable of hats, this being the now notorious tinfoil hat, pictured elsewhere.1916, Roger W Allen, editor, Millinery Trade Review, volume 41, page 27. From the entry tinfoil hat
• Beyond I-ch'ang were the fierce rapids of the upper Yang-tzŭ, where foreign enterprise gave way before simple Chinese ingenuity.1911, Ethel Daniels Hubbard, Under Marching Orders, →OCLC, page 75. From the entry I-ch'ang
• Due to his ingenuity Homo learned to unleash the energy of wood by taming wild fire and stepped into the pyrocultural age.2018, Johannes Deutsch, “Exploring energy related knowledge in technology and natural science education: Uncovering energy related…. From the entry tame
• His knowledge includes mathematics, mechanics, and the use of tool; they also include the application of imagination, ingenuity, creativity, and vision of what can be.2008, Robert L. Smith, Never Waste the Flowers, Authorhouse, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry shipwright
• But for the first time in the history of life, the prime shaping force of an energy-dissipating structure sprang from human ingenuity.2005, Frank Niele, Energy: Engine of Evolution, page 94. From the entry pyroculture
• The heavy freight traffic which shares the double line between Paddington and Wolverhampton with the passenger traffic has taxed the ingenuity of the timetable planners.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103. From the entry tax
• Cunning and ingenuity, combined with the required alertness, a perfect rein, coupled with years of actual work, produce that rarest of range mounts—the cutting horse.1911, Andy Adams, chapter 21, in Wells Brothers. From the entry cutting horse
• Instead of just writing checks for the naming rights to concert halls, they apply their ingenuity, connections, and demand for results to the solution of global problems.2018, Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, →ISBN. From the entry technophilanthropist
• Or, while marvelling at the ingenuity of Nature, one can sing incantations that cause the clouds to assume fantastic shapes: dinosaurs, glyptodons and pterosauruses frolic across the sky.1987, Alberto Manguel, Gianni Guadalupi, “Dreams, Lake of”, in The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, expanded edition, San Diego, Calif.…. From the entry pterosaurus
• Dussel was speechless in the face of such ingenuity, and could do nothing but gaze around in surprise as he explored the rest of our lovely and ultrapractical Annex.1947, Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, page 66. From the entry ultrapractical
• Through sheer ingenuity and resourcefulness, these men handproduced parts such as derailers, stands, seat posts, cranks, fenders, and all manner of elements used in the production of a functional bicycle.2009, Christine Elliott, David Jablonka, “Cycles Alex Singer”, in Custom Bicycles: A Passionate Pursuit, Images Publishing, →ISBN, page…. From the entry derailer

Meaning of ingenuity

1. noun The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
2. noun An ingenuous action or thought.
3. noun Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.

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Questions about ingenuity in a sentence

How do you use ingenuity in a sentence?

Ingenuity is used as a noun. For example: “The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.”

What is a short sentence with ingenuity?

“Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.”

What does ingenuity mean?

Ingenuity means the ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.