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How to use smart in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, adjective, noun

Smart means to hurt or sting. Example: “After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"”

Examples of smart by meaning

verbTo hurt or sting.

  • After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
  • They were sooty and smarting as she used them to pry the garment off the woman's slack shoulders, and threw it over her own.2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024

adjectiveEquipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

  • “I’m a smart toaster, and I’m collecting data on how many times the toaster is used.”2018 December 18, Joe Pinsker, “The Coming Commodification of Life at Home”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2019

adjectiveGood-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

  • a smart outfit
  • You look smart in that business suit.

adjectiveCleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.

  • He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks.
  • Don't get smart with me!
  • Carlyle a knowing look, as of one smart man who will be appreciated by another.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards...

adjectiveSharp; keen; poignant.

  • a smart pain

adjectiveIntense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.

  • He raised his voice; it hurt her feelings right smart.
  • That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.

adjectivePretentious; showy; spruce.

  • a smart gown

adjectiveBrisk; fresh.

  • a smart breeze

More sentences with smart

  • In his smart suit, Jacob was by far the most sartorial of our party.From the entry sartorial
  • It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.From the entry move
  • I know you'll enjoy chatting with her — she's really funny and smart.From the entry funny
  • If you're smart, don't sign the employment contract. Just get out of here while you still can.From the entry get out of here
  • My arm is still smarting from where the ball hit it.From the entry smarting
  • She was a bright and industrious student, smarter than many of her classmates, leastaways.From the entry leastaways
  • The special forces operating in the area were relying heavily on night vision and smart weapon systems.From the entry night vision
  • We don't party the way we used to. We got older and smarter!From the entry the way
  • You think you're so freaking smart, don't you?From the entry freaking
  • She's not as smart as all that.From the entry all that
  • The smart girl an' the silly boy.From the entry an'
  • She wasn't kind or smart, attractive or even funny. Her only redeeming feature was that she was fantastic in bed.From the entry in bed
  • The student's lexiphanicism is an obvious attempt to appear smart but really only serves to make him look pompous.From the entry lexiphanicism
  • True, Madeline does not have a lot of book smarts, but she is plenty wise enough where it counts.From the entry where it counts
  • The smart money is on a half percent cut in the basic bank lending rates before the end of the week.From the entry smart money
  • In a smart energy network linked by a new transactive network, such niches could be discovered and filled.From the entry transactive
  • She's no smarter than the average bear.From the entry average bear
  • It's not my fault that you're so smart!From the entry it's not my fault
  • The idea of self-willed machines, which could decide to take over the world, scares all the people smart enough to create such devices.From the entry self-willed
  • I enabled geofencing in my smart home so that the power to my lamps automatically turns on when I arrive home after work.From the entry geofencing
  • Refusing to admit the grain of truth in their opponents' arguments is how they squandered their own political power; a smart amount of paromologia might have preserved it.From the entry paromologia
  • There’s the intelligence gap, when a smart person hooks up with a dumbie.2026 June 5, Alaina Demopoulos, “Age gaps, swag gaps and Claude gaps – are they really such a big deal in relationships?”, in The…. From the entry dumbie
  • All the staff I interacted with were superb - helpful, polite, jolly and smart.2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 48. From the entry exemplary
  • Internet absolutely mogs real life because here you can meet so many smart and intelligent people.2024 February 22, @Ilurkedshadows, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2024. From the entry mog
  • Rosa, the main character in Tears of Themis, is also very smart, justice-driven, and willing to help.2023 May 3, Jenni Lada, “Honkai: Star Rail’s Trailblazer Avatar Is a Gremlin and It’s Great”, in Siliconera, archived from the original on…. From the entry gremlin
  • “Full control over one’s smart home is, at least in the present tense, an impossibility,” she said.2023 February 17, Anna Kodé, quoting Suzanne Woods, “Unwanted Connection: Who Has Control of Your Smart Home?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry smart home
  • With interiors, the best example is the ‘good room.’ It looks smart, but nobody feels comfortable there.2023 March 3, Eleanor Flegg, “The comfort v style dilemma: Thought you couldn’t combine the two? Think again — our experts explain exactly…. From the entry comfortcore

Meaning of smart

  1. verb To hurt or sting.
  2. verb To cause a smart or sting in.
  3. verb To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

Full definition of smart

Questions about smart in a sentence

How do you use smart in a sentence?
Smart is used as a verb, adjective and noun. For example: “After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"”
What is a short sentence with smart?
“a smart breeze”
What does smart mean?
Smart means to hurt or sting.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: smart (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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