INTELLIGENCE in a Sentence

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271 example sentences for INTELLIGENCE, such as:

1. Nobody can equal him in intelligence.
2. Action is the real measure of intelligence.
3. The children were given an intelligence test.
4. Nature has endowed her with beauty and intelligence.
5. With a purer spirit did Fanny rejoice in the intelligence.

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 Meanings and Examples of INTELLIGENCE
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intelligence
 n.  ability to comprehend; understand and profit from experience; intellect; power of cognition
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  THE intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumfoundered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  Oswald, on receiving this intelligence, resolved to return to his master for farther instructions, carrying along with him Gurth, whom he considered in some sort as a deserter from the service of Cedric.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
3  With this threat he left his turret, and carried to the hall of the castle his unwonted intelligence, that a holy friar stood before the gate and demanded instant admission.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  With the stern coolness which formed the basis of his character, Brian de Bois-Guilbert communicated this hideous intelligence, which was not so calmly received by his astonished comrade.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
5  During this discourse, Prince John had gradually awakened from the stupor into which he had been thrown by the unexpected intelligence, and had been attentive to the conversation which passed betwixt his followers.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
6  I don't care who his father may be, so long as he is a healthy man not below normal intelligence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
7  With a purer spirit did Fanny rejoice in the intelligence.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  I had actually begun folding my letter when Henry walked in, but he brings no intelligence to prevent my sending it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
9  There was no second letter to explain away the first from Miss Crawford; there was no intelligence from Mansfield, though it was now full time for her to hear again from her aunt.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
10  Not having a very clearly defined notion of what a live board was, Oliver was rather astounded by this intelligence, and was not quite certain whether he ought to laugh or cry.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  The boy murmured a reply of intelligence: and hurried downstairs after his companions.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
12  She eyed him narrowly, while he spoke; and cast upon him a look of intelligence which sufficiently showed that she guessed what had been passing in his thoughts.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
13  At first, the Jew contented himself with patiently watching his countenance, as if to gain from its expression some clue to the intelligence he brought; but in vain.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
14  The old man had gained the street corner, before he began to recover the effect of Toby Crackit's intelligence.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
15  After a short absence, he returned with a lighted candle, and the intelligence that Toby Crackit was asleep in the back room below, and that the boys were in the front one.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
16  To be good at the game you need a reasonable level of intelligence.
17  Action is the real measure of intelligence.
18  Nature has endowed her with beauty and intelligence.
19  Nobody can equal him in intelligence.
20  This would bring about a lowering of the general level of intelligence in the population.
21  Reliable intelligence reports suggest that the terrorists have bases in five cities.
22  Military intelligence is gathered using sophisticated technology.
23  The children were given an intelligence test.
24  He is totally lacking in the kind of analytical, logical, thoughtful intelligence needed by a leader, much less a President.
25  Potential intelligence, like potential, can remain inert forever.
26  Experts among his inspection team can cross-check it with existing intelligence.
27  On Wednesday he'll hear the findings of a five-month inquiry, investigating British intelligence in the war with Iraq.
28  Granby, one of the best connected and most estimable residents in S-, grandson and heir to Sir Frederic Granby: I had the intelligence from her father yesterday.
29  While Watson was a man of average intelligence, Holmes was a genius, whose gift for ratiocination made him a superb detective.
30  He says earlier reports from the U.S. had been based shoddy intelligence; it's necessary to wait for new ones.