AGILE in a Sentence

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35 example sentences for AGILE, such as:

1. He is quick and agile, which is something we relied on.
2. The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.
3. These three others fenced against him with their agile swords.
4. On land the turtle is ungainly, but in the water it isvery agile.
5. With her speed and agility, Cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.

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 Meanings and Examples of AGILE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
agile
 a.  moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  I was more agile than they and could subsist upon coarser diet; I bore the extremes of heat and cold with less injury to my frame; my stature far exceeded theirs.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
2  Before the mare had time to move, Vronsky stepped with an agile, vigorous movement into the steel-toothed stirrup, and lightly and firmly seated himself on the creaking leather of the saddle.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 24
3  And, looking at his strong, agile, assiduously careful and needlessly wary movements, the mother felt her mind at rest, and smiled gaily and approvingly as she watched him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 9
4  Clifford managed to swing himself over on to the low, wheeled house-chair; he was very strong and agile with his arms.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
6  He was a fine figure of a man, tall, lithe, and agile, with a springy step and a pleasant, open face.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
7  A team of cricketers passed, agile young men in flannels and blazers, one of them carrying the long green wicket-bag.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
8  Towards Findlater's church a quartet of young men were striding along with linked arms, swaying their heads and stepping to the agile melody of their leader's concertina.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  While the point was being debated a tall agile gentleman of fair complexion, wearing a long yellow ulster, came from the far end of the bar.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In GRACE
10  Every moment the vigorous and agile young ruffian indulged in the twitchings of a wild beast caught in a snare.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
11  These three others fenced against him with their agile swords.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
12  These animals, though wild and agile as chamois, were too much like domestic goats, and Franz could not consider them as game.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
13  I obeyed: joy made me agile: I sprang up before him.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
14  With that went the easy bow of a military man and the agile backward movement of an india-rubber ball.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER II
15  The father, with the agility of an acrobat, seized a broken-nosed jug which stood on the chimney, and flung the water on the brands.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS
Example Sentence:
1  He is quick and agile, which is something we relied on.
2  On land the turtle is ungainly, but in the water it isvery agile.
3  With her speed and agility, Cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.
4  His performance is described in the paper as 'a breathtaking display of physical agility'.
5  The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.