How to Use agile in a Sentence

agile

adjective
Definition of agilenext
Synonyms for agilenext
  • Leopards are very fast and agile.
  • She’s the daughter of the heads of the Omaticaya tribe of Na’vi, and an agile hunter and warrior.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And a team of agile technocrats were on hand to fend off a crisis.
    — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The team is quick, agile and strong with sophomore QB Brady Palmer the leader.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • To our surprise, the Rover felt as agile as a supercar.
    — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
  • If the goalie is agile enough to deflect it, the impact alone might feel different.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Rahim is an agile and clever host, always ready with a follow-up question that hits the mark.
    — Laura Jane Standley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The 214-million-year-old skull of Coelophysis, an agile hunter that walked on two legs, spent about nine days in space.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Her warm, agile vocal brings a note of grace to the song’s devil-may-care atmosphere.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 May 2023
  • Wish that Yamamoto will be like David; who was small, agile, a quick thinker … and had a great throwing arm.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The second is a cyclocopter which can hover stably and is agile in the air.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Quick and agile enough, but not the sort of otherworldly athlete who’d turn heads.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Steel edges run the entire length of the ski, and a light carving sidecut behind the foot and a wider platform near the front makes the ski agile and easy to control.
    — Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2023
  • For several minutes the wasp circled him, flitting in and out with the agile prodding of a fencer.
    — Katie Weeman, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The best shirts serve up assists left and right, like protection from the sun and stretchy comfort to match your agile lifestyle.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
  • These reptiles from the Everglades are agile, and not afraid to attack.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Due, in part, to the fact that many of those countries do not have entertainment unions as strong or agile as those in the United States.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • What grabs you, though, is Sawhney’s voice — an agile, velvety croon that sounds like Sinatra on two tabs of acid.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • Even at 38 years old, with 20 seasons of mileage on his legs, LeBron James is still plenty agile.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But with discipline and trust in the huge traction, the Performante felt much more agile than anything this size and shape has a right to.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Now is the perfect time to be agile and adjust to modern workplace challenges.
    — Steve Sonnenberg, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The slow, ungainly, unarmed U-2 has soared on while faster, more agile, and more lethal aircraft have burned brightly and then flown to the Boneyard.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Quick and agile, senior Jack Ferguson is hard to bring down at 132 for Foxes.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • During the late 19th century, some scholars aptly guessed that dinosaurs were agile and on the move most of their lives.
    — Riley Black, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • Don’t be tempted to go too light either—though agile, lighter pins will leave you leaning your whole body in to get the roll-out accomplished.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Cat owners often report that their cats seem more settled, less stressed, and more agile on this oil.
    — Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Though the plot zips along and Whitehead’s witty, agile prose keeps pace, Crook Manifesto is, at heart, a middle-aged man’s book.
    — Evan Kindley, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Some are extremely agile, turning on a dime for drone racing or high-speed chase footage.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
  • Adult specimens are agile and often jump from the plant when disturbed.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2023
  • This season, his body has lengthened and become more agile, whether dancing a corps de ballet role or a lead.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023

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