How to Use inventive in a Sentence

inventive

adjective
Definition of inventivenext
Synonyms for inventivenext
  • They have given their new company an inventive name.
  • Let the kids loose in one of the city's inventive playgrounds.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
  • Swift is not the first star to don a timepiece in an inventive way.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The cocktail was a smash hit and opened the doors for all the inventive martinis of 2023.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The cocktail menu is fun and inventive, and the sake and Japanese whisky lists are strong.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • What makes the show so inventive is how the tragedy plays against what should be a joyous occasion.
    — Town & Country, 12 July 2023
  • His features are known for their inventive use of music, with the soundtracks to Moulin Rouge!
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2023
  • These inventive headbands take some of the strain off her ears and can make things more comfortable.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Through the decades, the candy dispenser started to evolve and get more inventive with the characters and faces appearing at the top of the toy.
    — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • But that has not stopped Beck from being inventive about use cases for the small rocket.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 May 2023
  • For those looking for the most inventive burgers, PVBC is a standby.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2023
  • Nunn told me that, on his first few days there, in February, he was annoyed at how good and inventive the food was.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Fun, zany, inventive images and the new year’s countdown are projected on the side of our iconic City Hall.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • And the handheld form lends itself to artistic and inventive games with shorter playtimes.
    — Zoë Hannah, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2023
  • Sometimes the familiar trappings of the high-school genre can open the door for a show to do wilder and more inventive things than more allegedly mature shows.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Season 5 will feature a new batch of builders from across the country challenged with creating the most inventive designs to date.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Hats off to Aunty Chippy and her very inventive swearing.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Yuno Miles' ostrich-squeal-rap is built around dexterous and inventive flows.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The kitchen and bar staff have gotten really inventive with the menus for the dinners and specialty cocktails, which are also inspired by the movies.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The movie, which is directed by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh, puts an inventive spin on the haunted house genre.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Patrick Swayze plays Bodhi, the group's leader, and the movie quickly became iconic thanks to its inventive plot and the chemistry between its cast members.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 31 Mar. 2023
  • It is composed of 25 short stories that display her inventive and playful wit, along with an affinity for the bizarre.
    — David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Featured are inventive, three-course menus, at special prix-fixe pricing, from a growing list of top-tier restaurants.
    — cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Each year, millions tuned in to watch some of the most beautiful women in the world parade down endlessly inventive runways.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Hence what will go down as one of the most inventive opening-night doubleheaders in TIFF history.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The violence is sadistic and gory; the setups are inventive and engaging.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The film captures, in visually inventive ways, the arduous task of securing a visa.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The co-owners, chef Akino West and Jamila Ross, have created a novel, inventive menu at a chic but homey restaurant.
    — Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Along with three-part harmonies, the singers play the guitar, mandolin, ukulele, piano, melodica and an inventive keyboard.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The science behind this odd claim was the work of an inventive nuclear physicist named Paul Aebersold.
    — Dan Levitt, Time, 21 Jan. 2023

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